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Yury Bykov
Novomichurinsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Yuri Bykov was born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk, a small town in the Ryazan region of Russia. Coming from a family of factory workers, he studied acting in the famous VGIK (Institut…
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Yuri Bykov was born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk, a small town in the Ryazan region of Russia. Coming from a family of factory workers, he studied acting in the famous VGIK (Institute of Cinema named after Gerasimov) and appeared in various theatres of Moscow after receiving his diploma in 2005. In 2006, Yury Bykov started to write and direct his first short films. In 2009, his short film “The Boss”, in which he also played the lead role, won the main prize at the All-Russian National film festival Kinotavr. In 2010, Bykov directed his first feature film, “Live!”, Special Jury Prize at Taipei International Film Festival. In 2013, his second feature, “The Major”. was selected in Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, “The Fool” received important awards at the festivals of Locarno (Best Actor Leopard, Ecumenical Jury Prize, Junior Jury Award, First Prize) and Les Arcs, among many others. Both “The Major” and “The Fool” enjoyed international theatrical releases. Yury Bykov both writes and directs his films. He has also edited and scored his early projects, as well as playing one of the lead roles in “The Major”.
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2024
Daring
TV show
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2024
The Highway
TV show
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2023
The Owner
Movie Director
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2023
Followers
TV show
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2023
Cinema 3.0
TV show
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2023
Seagull
Movie
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2023
By the Way
TV show Guest
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2022
Goremyki
TV show
- 2022
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2022
No One Will Know
TV show
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2020
Cursed Days
TV show
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2019
The Watchman
Movie Vlad
- 2019
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2019
Follow Your Dream
Movie director
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2018
Elephants Can Play Football
Movie Sveta's father
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2018
Нариман и его братья
Movie
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2018
The Factory
Movie Director
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2017
Sleepers
TV show Слава
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2016
Big Village Lights
Movie
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2016
Butterflies
Movie Self
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2015
Method
TV show Thin detective
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2014
Six Degrees of Celebration 1914
Movie Director
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2014
The Fool
Movie Director
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2013
The Major
Movie Pavel Kroshunov - Pasha
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2012
Cash Collectors
TV show
- 2012
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2012
Танки грязи не боятся
TV show сержант Вадим Смирнов, командир экипажа танка 111
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2010
To Live
Movie Director
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2009
Nachalnik
Movie
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2008
S.S.D.
Movie killer
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Peak
Movie Director
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Showcase Copy
Movie
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Vegetation
TV show
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Zero
TV show Screenplay
