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Dasha Nekrasova was born on 19 February 1991 in Minsk, Belarussian SSR, USSR. She is an actress and writer, known for The Scary of Sixty-First (2021), Succession (2018) and The Ghost Who Walks (2019).- Alla Kliouka was born on February 18, 1970 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. Alla graduated from Shepkin Theater School, Moscow in 1991 and she moved to New York. Fluent in English and Russian. She is an actress known for Cloud-Paradise (1990), Khochu v tyurmu (1999), From Hell to Hell (1993), Evlampiya Romanova. Sledstvie vedet diletant (2003), The Sopranos (1999), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
- Gene Farber was born on November 14th, in Minsk, Belarus (in the former Soviet Union.) He is an actor, known for X-Men: First Class (2011), Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), and Virtuality (2009). After emigrating to Queens, NY at a young age, he attended the renowned Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in NYC where he was awarded 1st level Prize by the National Foundation For the Advancement in the Arts (NFAA/ ARTS week). Received his BFA in Acting from Boston University, and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Upon graduating from BU, he was awarded the prestigious Albert and Esther B. Kahn award. The actor balances his way through TV, film, and theatre, appearing in productions in NYC's renowned theaters such as Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Classic Stage Company, and others.
- Anastasiya Krasovskaya was born on 2 January 1999 in Minsk, Belarus. She is an actress, known for Gerda (2021), The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023) and Chernyy zamok.
- Cinematographer
Arseni Khachaturan is a cinematographer based in New York.
He worked in Georgia with director Rati Oneli on his feature film "City of the Sun". It premiered at the 67' Berlinale Forum and gained numerous awards at film festivals. He worked with Palme D'or nominated director Dea Kulumbegashvili. Their short film "Lethe" premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival to a critical acclaim. He worked with Chuko&Arie Esiri in their debut feature film "This is my desire", which premiered at the 70' Berlinale Forum and was included in the Criterion Collection. He worked on Dea Kulumbegashvili's feature film titled "Beginning". It was in the 2020 Cannes Official Selection and won 4 awards at San Sebastian International Film Festival, FIPRESCI at Toronto Film Festival, European Film awards nomination and was Georgia's submission for Oscars.
Arseni has recently wrapped photography on Luca Guadagnino's upcoming film "Bones and All".- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Tatiana Chekhova has over 20 years of experience in different fields of entertainment business. Originally from Belarus, she started her career as an actress at the age of 14, got her degree in Theater Arts from one of the most prestigious theater schools in Moscow - Vakhtangov Theater Academy (Vysshee Teatralnoe Uchilische imeni Schukina) later on, and was working on various stages of the best Moscow State theaters, including Vakhtangov State Theater, Theater of Satire and Ruben Simonov State Theater, before moving to Canada, where she started working in film and TV. Her acting credits include famous TV series: Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, NYPD Blue, The Leftovers, Mindy Project, to name a few, films Carpool - directed by Arthur Hiller, and Hallmark's Channel Dad's Home and BET's Never and Again.
Tatiana relocated to Los Angeles over 15 years ago, where she began her career as a producer. She co-executive produced 26 episodes of the award winning animated 3D CGI TV series Cosmic Quantum Ray. The TV series intended to spark children's interest in quantum physics and cosmology, has been selected as a special public outreach program by IYA2009 declared by UN General Assembly and partially administered by UNESCO. The show has been distributed for broadcast worldwide and premiered in the US on 10/10/10, reaching 60 million households through the newly created HUB channel. Awards: Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Award 2009 -The Best TV Series. The Hugo Television Awards - Certificate of Merit, Animated TV Series. Some of her other credits include: Aimee Price, Short Film 2004 (Associate Producer). Awards: Boston International Film Festival 2006 - Jury Award. Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival 2006 - Eddy Award Best Narrative Short. Tatiana Produced Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award, 2005 - presented by Sr. Ben Kingsley and Executive Producer of Chekhov Shorts - a Night of Vaudeville - a stage production created for the opening event of new Santa Monica Boulevard in city of West Hollywood.
In the last three years Tatiana also a producer and co-produced a psychological thriller film "Unknown" which is now being distributed worldwide, a romantic drama "Never and Again" - a # 1 watched film on BET network and BET + and currently in post-production of her the most recent holiday movie "A Miracle Before Christmas".- Actor
- Stunts
Jack Tornek was born on 2 January 1887 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for A Five Foot Ruler (1917), Bombs and Banknotes (1917) and David Hartman: Counterspy (1955). He died on 18 February 1974 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Olga Dihovichnaya (born September 4, 1980) is a Russian actress, producer, and the director of International Film Festival 2morrow/Zavtra. The bright variety of her roles in independent and art films established Olga's reputation as an indie film actress. She is best known for a lead role in a controversial film Twilight Portrait (2011), director Angelina Nikonova), where she also took a part as a co-writer and co-producer. Twilight Portrait premiered at Venice Film Festival , and among numerous awards at film festivals worldwide received a Nomination «Discovery of the Year» by European Film Academy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Evgeniy Lazarev was born on 31 March 1937 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Iron Man 2 (2010), Duplex (2003) and The Sum of All Fears (2002). He was married to Akhmatova Obrucheva. He died on 18 November 2016 in Krasnogorsk, Krasnogorskiy rayon, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia.- Vera Shpak was born on 6 February 1989 in Minsk, Belarus, USSR. She is an actress, known for Spetsbat (2022), Schaste ne za gorami (2023) and Dykhanie (2023).
- Soundtrack
- Music Department
Alexander Rybak was born on 13 May 1986 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus].- Andrei Arlovski was born on 4 February 1979 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is an actor, known for Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and The Equalizer 2 (2018).
- Darya Vereshchagina was born on 11 November 1997 in Minsk, Belarus. She is an actress, known for Furiya, Offlayn (2022) and Gostya.
- Ms. Locke became the toast of Broadway's 1937 season when she starred with John Garfield in "Having a Wonderful Time", the Arthur Kober comedy. She was critically acclaimed as Ophelia in the Maurice Evans production of "Hamlet". Her other Broadway plays included "Fifth Column," with Lee J. Cobb, and "Clash by Night", with Tallulah Bankhead.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Dmitriy Iosifov was born on 22 October 1965 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is a director and actor, known for Elizaveta (2022), Diversant 3: Krym (2020) and Lyubov Sovetskogo Soyuza (2024).- Molly Shad was born on 7 September 1922 in Minsk, Belarus. She was an actress, known for This Is 40 (2012) and Girls (2012). She died on 4 December 2018 in New York, USA.
- George McKay was born on 15 April 1884 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Devil's Playground (1937), The Face Behind the Mask (1941) and Underground Agent (1942). He was married to Ottie Ardine. He died on 3 December 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Producer
- Editor
- Director
Egor Klimovich was born on 27 September 1984 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is a producer and editor, known for Three Seconds (2017), Normandia Neman Monolog (2015) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022).- Belarus-born Maryna Linchuk is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model. She appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows--2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. She has also appeared in campaigns for Escada, Versace, Dior, Donna Karen, Gap, Dolce & Gabbana, Massimo, Shiseido, Express and Blumarine, among others. Linchuk has graced the cover or been featured in many international fashion magazines, including "Vogue", "Numero", "Allure", "Harper's Bazaar", "Muse", "Glamour", "W" and "V", among others. She was born on September 4, 1987, in Minsk, Belarus, and was discovered while still in high school at age 16.
- Marina Konyashkina was born on 7 July 1985 in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Union of Salvation (2019), Telokhranitel - 2 (2009) and Telokhranitel: 3 (2009).
- Masha Matsel was born on 18 February 2001 in Minsk, Belarus. She is an actress, known for Dead Mountain (2020), Otpusk v oktyabre (2023) and Strana Sasha (2022).
- Tatyana Cherdyntseva was born on 16 June 1989 in Minsk, USSR. She is an actress, known for The White Shaman (2020), The Code of Cain (2016) and Treasures of the Caucasus.
- Hanna Dunowska was born on 18 December 1958 in Minsk Mazowiecki, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Radi semeynogo ochaga (1992) and Blood of the Innocent (1994). She was married to Pawel Luczyca-Wyhovski. She died on 1 August 2019 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dimitry Elyashkevich was born on 23 February 1975 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), Jackass Number Two (2006) and Bad Trip (2021).- Victoria Azarenka is a Soviet and Belarusian professional tennis player.
She is a former world No. 1 in singles and was the year-end No. 1 in 2012. Azarenka has won 20 WTA singles titles, eight WTA doubles titles, and three mixed-doubles titles. She has won two Australian Open singles titles (2012 and 2013), becoming the only Belarusian player, to win a Grand Slam singles title. - Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Mikhail began his career at International Creative Management (ICM) before moving on to Mandate Pictures where he ran the Television Division for Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane. In 2007, he co-founded Heroes and Villains Entertainment, LLC, a production and management company that specializes in creating content for the five pillars of entertainment: Film, TV, Video Games, the Internet, and Comic Books, as well as the representation of content creators in those areas (writers and directors).- Dmitriy Ratomskiy was born on 15 January 1982 in Minsk, Belarussian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Na tvoey storone (2019), Sluga Gosudarev (2007) and Beglyanki (2007).
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Alexander Franskevich-Leie was born on 1 September 1961 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is a producer and director, known for Peresud (2022), Sluchaynye znakomye (2013) and Tonkiy lyod (2016).- Helena Hajkowicz is an actress with fluent English,Polish,Russian languages,intermediate French level.She is also a dancer (Ballet Studio at State Ballet School in Warsaw/2006-2013). Based in Warsaw,Poland. She graduated from National Academy of Theatre Arts in Cracow,Poland(2018). Her work experience includes theatre projects,TV series and short movies all around Europe and in Asia.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Jacques Stany was born on 4 April 1930 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor and writer, known for Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta (1964), The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985) and The Easy Life (1962). He died on 19 July 2016 in Rome, Italy.- Veronika Plyashkevich was born on 22 November 1984 in Zhodino, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She is an actress, known for The Mistress of the Mountain (2021), Shchit otechestva (2007) and The Adventures of Prantish Vyrvich (2021).
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Prolific songwriter ("Heartaches", "Allegheny Moon"), composer, author and drummer. He came to the USA in 1908 and was educated at Franklyn High School in Seattle, Washington. He led his own band in Seattle, then came to New York in 1928 where he was a drummer in night club orchestras. Journeying to England in 1934, he wrote the London stage scores for "This'll Make You Whistle", "Going Greek", and "Hide and Seek". Joining ASCAP in 1930, his chief musical collaborators included Al Goodhart, Maurice Sigler, Ed Nelson, Sammy Lerner, Dick Manning, Jerry Livingston, Milton Drake, Mack David, Mann Curtis, Leo Corday, Leon Carr, Bob Merrill, and Walter Kent. His other popular-song compositions include "I Apologize", "Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear", "Fit as a Fiddle", "Black-Eyed Susan Brown", "Jimmy Had a Nickel", "Who Walks in When I Walk Out?", "I Saw Stars", "Why Don't You Practise What You Preach?", "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day", "Roll Up the Carpet", "I'm in a Dancing Mood", "Without Rhythm", "There Isn't Any Limit to My Love", "Everything Stops For Tea", "From One Minute to Another", "I Can Wiggle My Ears", "Say the Word", "Everything's in Rhythm With My Heart", "Let's Put Some People to Work", "Gangway", "Lord and Lady Whoozis", "She Shall Have Music", "Romance Runs in the Family", "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells", "Goodnight, Wherever You Are", "The Story of a Starry Night", "Close to You", "O Dio Mio", "What's the Good Word, Mr. Bluebird?", "I Must Have One More Kiss, Kiss, Kiss", "I Ups to Her and She Ups to Me", "Mairzy Doats", "Fuzzy Wuzzy", "I'm a Big Girl Now", "I Had Too Much to dream Last Night", "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba", "There's No Tomorrow", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "If I Knew You were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake", "Takes Two to Tango", "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen by the Sea", "Papa Loves Mambo", "Don't Stay Away Too Long", "Hot Diggity", "Mama, Teach Me to Dance", "Ivy Rose", "Are You Really Mine?", "Oh, Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", "Secretly", "Hawaiian Wedding Song", "You're Cheatin' Yourself", and "If You Smile at the Sun".- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Evgeny Ruman was born in 1979, in Minsk and in 1990 immigrated to Israel with his family. He graduated from Tel Aviv University in the Film & TV department. Recipient of Excellence Award from Israeli Ministry of Culture for contribution to Israeli film (2013). Recipient of Stern Award for Immigrant Artists from Israeli Ministry of Immigration & Absorbtion (2014).
Selected Filmography: 2015 - The Man in the Wall - Premiered at the 2015 Rotterdam IFF, Won Best acting Award at the Odessa IFF, Israel Film Academy Nominee for Script and Lead Actress, Purchased by Netflix for worldwide distribution. 2012 - Igor & the Cranes' Journey - Toronto IFF, Haifa IFF (Special Mention), Chicago Children FF (Adult Jury Prize), Minsk IFF (Best Director in the Family Film Competition).- Lolita Taborko was born on 29 December 2001 in Minsk, Belarus. She is an actress, known for Ilhaq (2020), Traditionally Chopin (2023) and Vrednaya privychka (2023).
- Aleksandr Yatsko was born on 13 June 1958 in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is an actor, known for The Peacemaker (1997), The Russia House (1990) and Test na beremennost (2015).
- Producer
- Actress
Katya Zharkova was born on 30 October 1981 in Minsk, Belarus. She is a producer and actress, known for A Perfect 14 (2018), Fatalisty (2001) and Ivan Kupala (2012).- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Paul Karpenko has been making films since High School. He co-ran the campus filmmaking club (Illini Film and Video) while an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and continued to make movies in Chicago post-graduation. In 2012 he completed the short, White Elephant, with the help of friends and a budget of about $700. After moving to Los Angeles the same year he co-wrote and directed Re-Election, an original series financed with $26K raised through a Kickstarter campaign that he orchestrated and ran with a good amount of help from his partner. He is currently a filmmaker and software engineer living and working in Hollywood.- Producer
- Production Manager
- Director
Max Pavlov was born on 31 January 1987 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is a producer and production manager, known for The Good Neighbor (2022), WarHunt (2022) and Survive (2020).- Olga Fadeeva was born on 15 October 1978 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She is an actress, known for Otel 'Ispolnenie zhelaniy' (2003), Nepobedimyy (2008) and Zorka venera (2000). She has been married to Aleksandr Samokhvalov since 2008. They have one child. She was previously married to Pavel Adamchikov.
- Donald Lawton was born on 10 May 1908 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Lights Out (1946), Get Smart (1965) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He died on 18 October 1990 in Madrid, Spain.
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- Composer
- Actor
Composer, songwriter ("April in Paris", "Autumn in New York", "I Can't Get Started"), author and pianist, educated at the Kiev Conservatory (which he entered at age thirteen) and a music student of Reinhold Gliere and Marian Dombrovsky. He had composed ballets for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, but he fled Russia after the revolution. He composed the London stage scoes for "Yvonne" and "The Yellow Mask" and, after coming to New York in 1929, the Broadway stage scores for "Walk a Little Faster, "Ziegfeld Follies" (1934, 1936), "Cabin in the Sky", "Banjo Eyes", "Sadie Thompson", "Two's Company", "It Happens on Ice", "The Littlest Revue" (off-Broadway), the stage background score for "Time Remembered", and also "Zenda", in Los Angeles. He wrote songs for Broadway revues, including "Garrick Gaieties" (1930), "Thumbs Up!", and "The Show Is On", and he completed the score for "The Goldwyn Follies" after George Gershwin's death. During World War II, he was a Lieutenant Commander in the US Coast Guard which helped to inspire themes for his work on "Tars and Spars". He founded the Society for Forgotten Music, and served as its president. His autobiography is "Listen Here!". Joining ASCAP in 1934, his chief musical collaborators included E.Y. Harburg, Ira Gershwin, Ogden Nash, Howard Dietz, and John Latouche. His other popular-song compositions include "I Am Only Human After All", "Too Too Divine", "That's Life", "Speaking of Love", "So Nonchalant", "Water Under the Bridge", "I Like the Likes of You", "Suddenly", "What Is There to Say?", "Island in the West Indies", "Words Without Music", "Now", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Do What You Wanna Do", "Love Turned the Light Out", "Honey in the Honeycomb", "Cabin in the Sky", "We're Having a Baby", "Not a Care in the World", "Summer Is A-Comin' In", "The Love I Long For", "The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull", "Spring Again", "Roundabout", "Out of the Clear Blue Sky", "Just Like a Man", "That's What Makes Paris Paree", "London in July", "Good Little Girls", "You're Far from Wonderful", and "Madly in Love".- Lyubov Bakhankova was born on 8 June 1989 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She is an actress, known for Nanolyubov (2010), Elizium (2010) and Pozyvnoy «Passazhir» (2024). She is married to Nikita Tezin. They have one child.
- Erik Abramovich was born on 14 July 1992 in Minsk, Belarus. He is an actor, known for To the Lake (2019), Zoya (2020) and Vernis v Sorrento (2019).
- Lew Szryftzecer was born in 1892 in Nesvizh, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nyasvizh, Minsk Region, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Mamele (1938). He died in 1943 in Vilna Ghetto, Vilnius, Reichskommissariat Ostland, Nazi Germany [now Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania].
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- Director
Efim Zakharovich Kopelian (Yefim Kopelyan) was born on April 12, 1912, in Rechitsa, Gomel province, Russian Empire (now Rechytsa, Homel province, Belarus). He studied architecture at the Academy of Arts in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), but after a year he dropped out of college and joined the stunts at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT). In 1935 he graduated from the Acting Studio of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) and became a permanent member of the main troupe. In 1941 Kopelyan married actress Lyudmila Makarova.
Kopelyan was one of the leading actors of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in Leningrad for 43 years. He began his acting career under directorship of Aleksei Dikij and then Boris Babochkin. Among his highest achievements were remarkable stage works under the directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov. Kopelyan's stage partners at the BDT were a stellar troupe of actors, including such prominent film stars as Lyudmila Makarova, Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Valentina Kovel, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Kirill Lavrov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Sergey Yurskiy, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Oleg Borisov, Evgeniy Lebedev, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Nikolay Trofimov, Pavel Luspekayev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.
Kopelyan shot to fame in the Soviet Union with his legendary narration in the TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973). Kopelyan's special and enigmatic voice in that narration gained him such a wide popularity that he became a hero of many popular jokes. A brilliant film actor, Kopelyan played major film roles in the trilogy 'Neulovimye Mstiteli' (1966-1971), Opasnye gastroli (1969), and Povest o chelovecheskom serdtse (1976) among other popular Russian films. Kopelyan himself considered his part as Ataman in epic film Dauriya (1972) as his best work in film.
Yefim Kopelyan was designated the title of People's Artist of the USSR. He died of a heart failure on March 6, 1975, and was laid to rest in Necropolis of The Masters of Art "Literatorskie mostki" at Volkovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Polina Syrkina was born on 20 June 1986 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She is an actress, known for Zatsepka (2022), Hipsters (2008) and Masakra (2010). She has been married to Ivan Tutunov since 2018. They have two children. She was previously married to Konstantin Strelnikov.
- Yuliya Marchenko was born on 26 June 1980 in Minsk, USSR. She is an actress, known for Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018), Fandorin. Azazel (2023) and Otpusk v oktyabre (2023).
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Jacob Ben-Ami was born on 23 November 1890 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor and director, known for Green Fields (1937), The Wandering Jew (1933) and Esperanza (1949). He was married to Slava Estin (stage actress). He died on 2 July 1977 in New York City, New York, USA.- Anatoliy Kot was born on 5 June 1973 in Minsk, Belorusskaya SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Fortress of War (2010) and House Arrest (2018).
- Stefaniya Stanyuta was born on 15 May 1905 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. She was an actress, known for Pogovorim, brat (1979), Plyvi, korablik... (1983) and Poklonis do zemli (1986). She died on 7 November 2000 in Minsk, Belarus.