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Pavel Chukhray

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Date of birth : 10/14/1946
City of birth : Bykovo, Ramenskiy rayon, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Pavel Chukhray is a Russian screenwriter and film director. He graduated from VGIK (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography): in 1971 -- from the cameraman's department, in 1974 -- from the director's department. He began his film career as a cameraman assistant, a director of photography, and then a feature film director. He wrote a number of scripts including "Who Will Pay For the Fortune" (directed by Konstantin Khudyakov). He is best known for his film The Thief (1997), which was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Directing. He is the son of the prominent Russian film director Grigory Chukhray. Steven Spielberg invited Pavel Chukhray to participate in his project: "Broken Silence " (2002), an international documentary mini-series about the holocaust. Pavel Chukhray directed the segment "Children from the Abyss."

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