- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 29, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Moscow, USSR (Russia)
Avdotya Smirnova
Avdotya (Dunya ) Andreevna Smirnova (Russian: Авдотья (Дуня) Андреевна Смирнова; born 29 June 1969; Moscow) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer, TV host and literary critic, winner of numerous awards and accolades, founder of the charity foundation Vikhod. She is a daughter of famous Soviet-Russian director and actor Andrei Smirnov. Avdotya Smirnova was born in Moscow, to actors Natalya Rudnaya and Andrei Smirnov. Her grandfather Sergey Smirnov was a Soviet writer and historian. Smirnova has been interested in cinema since childhood. When her father forbade her to enter Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, she went to MSU Philology Department. After three years she transferred to GITIS, but didn’t finish her studies. In 1987-88, Smirnova worked at Mosfilm with Sergei Solovyov, in the meantime performing in punk-rock band Tupie and contributing to Urlait samizdat magazin…
Filmography
movieCarpenter
2022 · Director, Writer
tvThe Kidney
2022 · Creative Producer, Creator
tvVertinsky
2021 · Scenario Writer, Director, Creator
moviePilik
2019 · Producer
movieThe Tolstoy Defence
2018 · Screenplay, Director
moviePetersburg: Selfie
2016 · Director, Writer
Dog Walking
movieDog Walking
2016 · Screenplay, Director
Half
movieHalf
2015 · Screenplay, Director
Andrei Dolinin
movieAndrei Dolinin
2012 · Producer
Plov
moviePlov
2012 · Screenplay
movieTill Night Do Us Part
2012 · restaurant visitor
movieMe Too
2012 · TV presenter
movieKokoko
2012 · Director, Screenplay
tvEvening Urgant
2012 · Self
movieTwo Days
2011 · Director, Screenplay
tvChurchill
2009 · Director
tvFathers and Sons
2008 · Director, Writer, Creator
Railway Station
movieRailway Station
2008 · Director, Screenplay
9th May. Personal Attitude
tv9th May. Personal Attitude
2008 · Director
movieGloss
2007 · Screenplay
movieThe Connection
2006 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Stroll
2003 · Writer
tvThe School for Scandal
2002 · Host
movieHis Wife's Diary
2000 · Screenplay
movie8 ½ $
1999 · Co-Writer
movieGisele's Mania
1995 · Screenplay
movieButterfly
1993 · Screenplay
movieLast Hero
1992 · Screenplay
movieLessons at the End of Spring
1990 · Girl
movieA Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love
1990 · Script Editor
movieAquarium Fish of This World
1990
movieThe Crossroad Of Rock
1988 · herself
Comrade Major
tvComrade Major
— · Creative Producer