Valeriya Gai Germanika

Valeria Gai Germanika (Russian Валерия Гай Александровна Германика; born March 1, 1984 in Moscow) is a Russian film director.

Life

Germanika is in Strogino, a prefab suburb of Moscow, grew up. Your first films playing in this suburb.

After the birth she was first called Valeria Igorevna Dudinskaya (Russian Валерия Игоревна Дудинская ). With the name Valeria, she was named after the wife of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and got the father and family name of their father, the journalist Igor Dubinskij. At the age of 16 years, Valeria had her name change in passport and since then is called Valeria Gai ( first name, Gai is the Russian form of Roman given name Gaius ) Germanika (Last Name ) and the patronymic Alexandrovna by her stepfather.

After graduation Germanika began an apprenticeship as cynologist they broke off soon to study film. She pulled away from Strogino and now lived in a condominium in the center of Moscow. Your daughter's name is Octavia, born in 2008.

Work

Germanika began with eighteen years to make films. As a student of the Film and Television Academy Internews in Moscow, she made ​​several documentaries about young people.

Just as her feature film debut shall be deemed unusually close to the lives of youth. Germanikas films are also characterized by a very moving hand-held camera and unconventional camera angles.

Made her feature film debut Everybody Dies But Me ( All die, only I remain, Russ: Все умрут, а я останусь ) had its premiere at the International Film Festival of Cannes 2008, where the film received an honorable mention. . At the Munich Film Festival 2008, the film with the CineVision Award.

After their success at Cannes, she was offered on a TV series from the first channel of Russian television directing. The series Schkola ( in German: The school ) started in January 2010 and aroused a sensation in Russia, as it represents an extremely negative attitude of students towards their teachers and the social status quo. The series sparked meanwhile, from a discussion on the state of Russian schools.

Filmography

  • Sisters ( 2005)
  • The Girls (2005)
  • The Boys (2007)
  • The Birthday of the Infanta (2007)
  • Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
  • The School (TV series, 2010)
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