Director

Vyacheslav Bihun

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Directed movies: 21Directed series: 0All crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 2931824

IMDb ID: nm6484261

Known for: Directing

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2013 - 2023

Years active: 11

Wikidata: Q24760295

Also known as

Славик Бигун • Vyacheslav Bihun • Slavik Bihun • Вячеслав Бигун

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Director (21)Producer (3)Screenplay (3)Editor (1)

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Biography

Vyacheslav Bihun is a Ukrainian film director and legal philosopher. Educated at leading universities in Ukraine and abroad, Dr. Bihun, prior to turning to filmmaking, worked as a lawyer at the European Court in Strasbourg. He was later trained as a film director at the Sorbonne (adaptation of fiction and political cinema) and Baltic Film School. The filmmaker, active from 2013-14, shot films in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and France, nominated at over 150 film festivals, and celebrated with over 100 awards. He's well known for his active promotion of Ukrainian cinema. Bihun supported the release of his colleague, Oleg Sentsov, by joining him for 17 days in solidarity for a hunger strike. He’s one of the founders and chairman of the Directors Guild of Ukraine, which is the voice of film directors in Ukraine.

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