Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Compositor,
Editor,
Producer
Born in 1981, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Yuri BYKOV
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Юрий Анатольевич БЫКОВ
Youri BYKOV
From filmography
 
Director
2023 - Khozyan (Хозяин) [fiction]
2019 - Storozh (Сторож) [fiction, 90 mn]
2018 - Zavod (Завод) [fiction, 119 mn]
2014 - Durak (Дурак) [fiction, 116 mn]
2013 - Mayor (Майор) [fiction, 94 mn]
2010 - Zhit ! (Жить !) [fiction, 72 mn]
2009 - Nachalnik (Начальник) [fiction, 20 mn]
 
Writer
2023 - Khozyan (Хозяин) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction]
2019 - Storozh (Сторож) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2018 - Zavod (Завод) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 119 mn]
2014 - Durak (Дурак) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 116 mn]
2013 - Mayor (Майор) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 94 mn]
2010 - Zhit ! (Жить !) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 72 mn]
2009 - Nachalnik (Начальник) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 20 mn]
 
Actor
2023 - Chayka (Чайка) from Polina LAZAREVA [fiction, 93 mn]
2019 - Storozh (Сторож) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2019 - Lovi moment (Лови момент) from Antonina RUGE [fiction, 78 mn]
2016 - Ogni bolshoj derevni (Огни большой деревни) from Ilya UCHITEL [fiction, 81 mn]
2013 - Mayor (Майор) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 94 mn]
2009 - Nachalnik (Начальник) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 20 mn]
 
Compositor
2023 - Khozyan (Хозяин) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction]
2014 - Durak (Дурак) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 116 mn]
2013 - Mayor (Майор) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 94 mn]
2010 - Zhit ! (Жить !) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 72 mn]
 
Editor
2014 - Durak (Дурак) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 116 mn]
 
Producer
2018 - Zavod (Завод) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 119 mn]
2009 - Nachalnik (Начальник) from Yuri BYKOV [fiction, 20 mn]

Other films
2009 Начальник (Boss), short
2008 Вечер (Evening), short
2007 Строка (Line), short
2006 Счастье (Happiness), short
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Awards :
Special Prize, International Film Festival Tarkovski, Russia, 2023
Khozyan :
First prize, Belgrade International Film Festival, Belgrade (Serbia), 2024
Zavod :
Best Screenplay, Liège International Thriller Film Festival, Liege (Belgium), 2019
Durak :
Audience Award, Festival de films russes Kinorama au cinéma Royal de Biarritz, Biarritz (France), 2016
Best Screenplay, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2014
Audience Award, Arras International Film Festival, Arras (France), 2014
Prix de la mise en scène, Arras International Film Festival, Arras (France), 2014
First prize, Festival européen des Arcs, Les Arcs (France), 2014
Youth Jury Prize, Festival européen des Arcs, Les Arcs (France), 2014
Best Cinematography, Festival européen des Arcs, Les Arcs (France), 2014
Mayor :
First prize, Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2013
Best music, Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2013
Best directing, Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2013
Zhit ! :
First feature film Prize, International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010
Nachalnik :
Best Short Film, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2009

Biography
actor, director, head of the studio “Mnogotochie”.
Born in 1981 in novomichurinsk, Ryazan region.
Graduated from the film institute VGIK (2005, acting class of V. Grammatikov).
Worked at various Moscow theatres, arranged music and acted as producer in a sound department.
He made the short films “Happiness” (2006), “The Line” (2007), “Evening” (2008), and “the Boss” (main prize of the Kinotavr shorts competition in 2009).
Source : kinotavr.ru, 2010
 

commentaries
- BELGRADE FEST 2024. Review: The Owner [film de Youri Bykov, 2023, qui a remporté le Grand prix du festival 2024 de Belgrad]] Marko STOJILJKOVIĆ, 2024, Cineuropa
- Neuf films russes «clonés» par Hollywood Anna NEKHAÏEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- «Дурак» , «Левиафан» , «Время первых» : 8 российских операторов — о своих фильмах и о профессии Mikhail Morkin, Sergey Sychev, 2020, kinopoisk.ru
- Factory 2020, journaldemillau.fr
- The Major (2013) [de Youri Bykov] Julien MORVAN, 2020, Perestroikino
- Iurii Bykov: The Watchman (Storozh, 2019) Otto BOELE, 2020, Kinokultura
- Les maniaques de la série russe La Méthode sont réels. Voici leur histoire Victoria RYABIKOVA, 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Factory, braquage à la russe 2019, Franceinfo
- « L’idiot » de Yuri Bykov . Critique dvd 2019, lheuredelasortie.com
- «Завод»: Пост-мета-классицизм Юрия Быкова Василий СТЕПАНОВ, 2019, seance.ru
- Critique film: Factory de Yuriy Bykov, un thriller politique très tendu Bazaart, 2019, baz-art.org
- Iurii Bykov: The Factory (Zavod, 2018) Daria EZEROVA, 2019, Kinokultura
- Les sept meilleurs films consacrés à la réalité russe Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2019, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Yuri Bykov – Factory (Zavod) Jean-François DICKELI, 2019, culturopoing.com
- The major, le très beau polar russe à découvrir en DVD 2017, baz-art.org
- Durak , le choc russe du festival de Locarno Pascal GAVILLET, 2014, nashagazeta.ch
- The Major, film de Youri BYKOV 2013, critique-film.fr
- Iurii Bykov: The Major (Maior, 2013) 2013, Kinokultura
- Iurii Bykov: To Live (Zhit’, 2010) , Tatyana MOSKVINA, 2011, kinokultura.com
- Бег зайца по полям - Жить, режиссер Юрий Быков , Olga ARTEMYEVA, 2010, Искусство кино, 8