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Sergey Livnev was born on 16 April 1964 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a producer and writer, known for Van Goghs (2018), Kiks (1992) and Hammer and Sickle (1994). He was previously married to Alika Smekhova.
- Producer, Writer, Director
- April 16, 1964
- Sergey Livnev
Aug 31, 2021 · Sergei Livnev was one of the most exciting voices in Russian filmmaking in the “Wild Nineties” after the fall of the Soviet Union. But after just two features, and a stint as head of the Gorky film studio, he emigrated to America and turned his back on directing.
Sergei Livnev is a Russian writer and director famous for writing the cult classic Assa (1989), as well as his post-Soviet satire Hammer and Sickle (1994).
Director, producer, scriptwriter. Studied in the departments of cinematography (class of V. Yusov) and scriptwriting (class of A. Bizyak) at the Film Institute VGIK. In 1988 the first film based on his script hit the screens: “ASSA” (dir. Sergei Soloviev). He directed two films: “Kiks” (1991) and “Hammer and Sickle” (1994).
Sergei Livnev: Van Goghs (Van Gogi, 2018) reviewed by Ellina Sattarova © 2019. Sergei Livnev’s emotional drama Van Goghs marks the director’s return to filmmaking after more than 20 years of silence.
Van Goghs is the eagerly anticipated directorial return of Sergei Livnev, whose last film, the cult classic Hammer and Sickle (also starring Serebriakov) was made a quarter of a century ago.
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Sergei Livnev’s Hammer and Sickle emphasizes the artificiality of high Stalinism by drawing attention to the stylized nature of Stalinist cultural production. Centered on a successful sex-change operation, the film stresses the constructed and performative nature of the Stalinist gendered subject.
