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Kseniya Zueva

Kseniya Zueva

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Biography

Kseniya Ivanovna Zueva (Russian: Ксе́ния Ива́новна Зу́ева; born 10 June 1990, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actress, designer and model. Kseniya Zueva was born in the family of an English teacher and an engineer. She studied at the Serov Children's Art School, as well as at the Voskhod Children's Music School. She studied at the Moscow Art Theater Studio School "MKHAT" (the course of Roman Kozak and Dmitry Brusnikin). In 2012, she graduated from the Theater Institute im. Boris Shchukin (course of Valentina Nikolaenko). Worked in the "Lenkom Theater" and in "The Other Theater". In 2012, she wrote the first draft of the script for her upcoming feature film "Nearest and Dearest". In 2013, she entered the higher courses of screenwriters and directors (workshop of Vladimir Khotinenko, Pavel Finn, Vladimir Fenchenko), where she made a lot of short films and one of them, "Gelya", perfectly defended her diploma. Ksenia Zueva is the author of the script and director of the video for the song "Wings" by Peter cash for the Theater of Deaf Actors "Nedoslov". Ksenia's debut directorial film "Nearest and Dearest" participated in the main competition program of Kinotavr, and also received the "Advance" award from the Hollywood Reporter Russia at the MIFF, the Normandy prize for the Best debut at the Russian film Festival in Honfleur in 2019, and many other awards. At "Kinotavr" 2020, Ksenia Zueva will present the second full-length director's work "Intervention", starring Anna chipovskaya.

Known For

Waiting for Charlotte Corday

About the path of becoming a talented young man. From early childhood, he was interested in painting and dreamed of becoming an artist. But he had to take special courses and get an education to do this. If you want something badly, even the heavens will be kind to you. Luck smiled on the hero. He gets into the best General education institution. The guy now goes there every day, and gets the information that a true art critic should have. Everyone who studies here comes from very wealthy families. The only person who got here from the people is the main character. He is not particularly eager to find friends, and the surrounding guys perceive him as an eyesore. The most well-mannered just ignore the guy. In such an atmosphere, it is difficult to study normally, you need to abstract and try to achieve your goals. Will the guy be able to finish school? Would no one be friends with him?

Waiting for Charlotte Corday

2016Movie