Filipp Yankovsky
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Filipp Yankovsky is a Russian
actor
and film director
. He was born in 1968 to Soviet actor Oleg Yankovsky
. He is possibly best known for directing the 2005 adaptation of the Boris Akunin
novel The State Counsellor
and for the 2006 film The Sword Bearer.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He was born in 1968 to Soviet actor Oleg Yankovsky
Oleg Yankovsky
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals...
. He is possibly best known for directing the 2005 adaptation of the Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:...
novel The State Counsellor
The State Counsellor (film)
The State Counseller is a 2005 Russian film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel of the same name featuring detective Erast Fandorin. Directed by Filipp Yankovsky, it was one of the most expensive films ever made in Russia....
and for the 2006 film The Sword Bearer.