Vasily Sigarev

 

Director

LIVING

 

biography

Vasily Sigarev is an award-winning playwright, director and screenwriter. His third play, Ladybird, was produced by the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2004, following on from his previous dramatic works Plasticine (2002) and Black Milk (2003). Sigarev won the 2002 Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. His plays often deal with the reality of decay in post-Soviet Russia. His first feature film, Wolfy, was produced in 2009 as an adaptation of his own play, and went on to win numerous major awards, including the Golden Eye for Best International Feature at the Zurich Film Festival and the Grand Prix at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival. Most recently, his film Living was nominated for the Grand Prix at the 23rd Kinotavr Festival. Sigarev is married to the actress Yana Troyanova.