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Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]]'s wife [[Valeria (wife of Sulla)|Valeria]], and later legally changed her both [[Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs#Patronymic|patronymic]] (to |
Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]]'s wife [[Valeria (wife of Sulla)|Valeria]], and later legally changed her both [[Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs#Patronymic|patronymic]] (to alienate from the bilogical father) and [[Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs#Family_name_.28surname.29|family name]] (in a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] style) upon her adolescence<ref>{{ru icon}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinomax.ru/news/companynews/article-1822.htm|title=Трудный мир подростков|author=|publisher=Kinomax|accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref>. |
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==Biography and career == |
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Born to a [[Bohemianism|Bohemianistic]] Moscow family<ref>[http://www.peremeny.ru/column/view/1049/ ВОКЗАЛ. Игорь Дудинский] {{ru icon}}</ref> and trained at the Internews Cinema and Television School, Valeriya started directing at age nineteen. Her second film ''The Girls'' and subsequent ''The Birthday of the Infanta'' (both [[documentary]]) appeared at the [[Kinotavr]] [[film festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.territoryfest.ru/en/creators/gaia_germanica/|title=Валерия Гай Германика|author=|publisher=Territory Fest|accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref> |
Born to a [[Bohemianism|Bohemianistic]] Moscow family<ref>[http://www.peremeny.ru/column/view/1049/ ВОКЗАЛ. Игорь Дудинский] {{ru icon}}</ref> and trained at the Internews Cinema and Television School, Valeriya started directing at age nineteen. Her second film ''The Girls'' and subsequent ''The Birthday of the Infanta'' (both [[documentary]]) appeared at the [[Kinotavr]] [[film festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.territoryfest.ru/en/creators/gaia_germanica/|title=Валерия Гай Германика|author=|publisher=Territory Fest|accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:13, 28 November 2012
Valeriya Gai Alexandrovna Germanika (Russian: Валерия Гай Александровна Германика, born Valeriya Igorevna Dudinskaya (Russian: Вале́рия И́горевна Дуди́нская); born 1 March 1984, Moscow) is a Russian film director dedicated to the topics of coming-of-age. She was awarded the Nika Award for the Everybody Dies But Me.[1]
Name
Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after Lucius Cornelius Sulla's wife Valeria, and later legally changed her both patronymic (to alienate from the bilogical father) and family name (in a Roman style) upon her adolescence[2].
Biography and career
Born to a Bohemianistic Moscow family[3] and trained at the Internews Cinema and Television School, Valeriya started directing at age nineteen. Her second film The Girls and subsequent The Birthday of the Infanta (both documentary) appeared at the Kinotavr film festival.[4]
In the beggining of 2010, Channel One aired Valeriya Gai Germanika's highly-controversial 69-episode TV-series School portraying teenagers life in an ordinary Moscow school. The project caused a lot of heated debates in Russian society due to unusual depiction of Russian school routine, including subcultures, promiscuity, alcoholism, drug use, etc.[5]
Valeriya has been the creative director for the MTV Russia in 2010.
Filmography
- Sisters (2005)
- The Girls (2005)
- The Boys (2007)
- The Birthday of the Infanta (documentary, 2007)
- Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
- School (TV series, 2010)
- A Brief Guide To A Happy Life (TV Series, 2012)
References
- ^ Template:Ru icon"Валерия Гай Германика получила "Нику" в номинации "Открытие года"". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Template:Ru icon"Трудный мир подростков". Kinomax. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ ВОКЗАЛ. Игорь Дудинский Template:Ru icon
- ^ "Валерия Гай Германика". Territory Fest. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ «Школа» на Первом: папа Леры в восторге, директор – в истерике Template:Ru icon