Evgeny Grigoryev

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Evgeny Grigoryev

Born March 17, 1979 · Koshuki, Sverdlovskaya oblast, USSR (Russia) (age 47)

Evgeny Alexandrovich Grigoryev (Russian: Евгений Александрович Григорьев; born March 17, 1979; in Koshuki, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg) is a documentary filmmaker, theater director, screenwriter, creative producer, president of the Guild of Non-Fiction Films and Television of Russia (2012-2016), member of the Board of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.

Known For

LetoLeto · 2018
Leto
★ 7.42018
MovieMusicDrama
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.
The Dawns Here are QuietThe Dawns Here are Quiet · 2015
The Dawns Here are Quiet
★ 6.82015
MovieDramaWar
It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.
My Wild FriendMy Wild Friend · 2024
My Wild Friend
★ 8.02024
MovieFamilyAdventure
Seventh-grader Sasha Menshikov is finishing the school year at a new school and lives with his aunt Nina in a small picturesque town. Sasha's mother, a famous scientist, brought him here from Moscow for the duration of her next expedition. Things didn't work out with Sasha's classmates; after school, he often walks alone in nature. One day in the forest, Sasha finds a little fox caught in a trap. Having learned that poachers are hunting for the fox cub, the boy hides him in a dugout deep in the forest and begins to nurse him. This begins a touching and adventurous story about friendship, responsibility and justice.
The Family ManThe Family Man · 2025
The Family Man
★ 5.82025
MovieComedyFamily
Millionaire Georgiy celebrates his birthday all alone. Not being quite sober, he demands that his faithful assistant Ilya organize a real family for him by the morning. Imagine Georgiy's amazement when he wakes up surrounded by his wife, son and daughter, who claim that he has always had them. Their words are confirmed by documents, family photos, employees, partners and even Georgiy's own mother. Now he has to learn how to be a husband and father, and in this matter, money will not solve all the problems.
Someone Has to DieSomeone Has to Die · 2026
Someone Has to Die
★ 4.02026
MovieThriller
When Yulya learns of her beloved husband's betrayal, she decides to poison both him and his mistress. Now, to get the antidote, the cheaters must prove that they truly love each other, otherwise death is inevitable.
TerritoryTerritory · 2015
Territory
★ 5.82015
MovieAdventureDrama
It happened in the sixties, during the political thaw in the Soviet Union... but our story unfolds in the coldest terrain of the country. It was an unexplored and unbeaten terrain of boundless ice-field and forbidding rocks. This was the proper place for real men and real romantics. Our story is about the geologists prospecting gold in the Extreme North.
ScurvyScurvy · 2026
Scurvy
★ 4.72026
MovieThriller
Novice Fyodor accompanies father Pyotr on an official mission to the Polar Urals. Ahead of the missionaries is the farthest northern camp, which the locals cautiously call "the edge of the earth." And travelers are not at all welcome here.
NelyubimkaNelyubimka · 2024
Nelyubimka
★ 3.02024
MovieDocumentary
After the resounding success of the song "Lyubimka," the NILETTO group found love and a large fan audience. But is it so fun and easy to live at the "high speed" of popularity? When creativity becomes a routine, our heroes go on a trip to their native places for inspiration. Along the way, performing small concerts in places associated with his youth.

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The Dawns Here are QuietThe Dawns Here are Quiet · 2015
The Dawns Here are Quiet
★ 6.82015
MovieDramaWar
It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.

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Battle for UkraineBattle for Ukraine · 2012
Battle for Ukraine
★ 5.02012
MovieHistoryDocumentary
In the film Battle for Ukraine Andrei Konchalovsky, the famous Russian director, analyzes how Ukraine, a former part of the Soviet Empire and present big European country, struggles to escape from the close embrace of the former big brother, Russia, and not to become one of the American satellites. This extensive study lasted for almost three years. Many Ukrainian, Russian and American historians, politicians and journalists took part in this study, as well as the ex-President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, the ex-President of Slovakia Rudolf Schuster, the ex-President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, the ex-Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Chernomyrdin, and the businessman Boris Berezovsky.

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