Vladislav "Slava" Tsukerman (russian: Сла́ва (Владисла́в Менделе́вич) Цукерма́н; born March 9, 1940) is a
Russian
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film director
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of Jewish origin. He was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated in 1973 with his wife
Nina Kerova to
Israel
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. In 1976 he moved to
New York City
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. He is best known for producing, directing, and writing the screenplay for the 1982 cult film ''
Liquid Sky
''Liquid Sky'' is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festiv ...
''. He also directed the 2004 documentary ''Stalin's Wife'' (about
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
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) and the 2008 film ''
Perestroika
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''. Today, he resides in New York City with his wife and producing partner Nina Kerova.
In 2014, Tsukerman confirmed in an interview with ''
The Awl
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History
Founded in April 2009 by David Cho and former ''Gawker'' editors Choire Sicha and Alex Balk ...
'' that a sequel to ''
Liquid Sky
''Liquid Sky'' is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festiv ...
'' titled ''Liquid Sky 2'' was in the works.
Lead actress
Anne Carlisle
Anne Carlisle (born 1956) is an American actress, performance artist, acting teacher, author, and model.
Career
She is known for co-writing and playing both the lead female and male counterpart roles in the film ''Liquid Sky''. She also played ...
would be returning in the sequel in the role of Margaret.
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In the 1960s he studied at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (MISI), where he began creating. Tsukerman made his first film at 21 years of age, titled ''I Believe in Spring''. It was the first independent short fiction film in Soviet history. It won first prize at the All-Union Festival of Amateur Films in Moscow. It went on to win a prize at the ]Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...
. In the 1970s he immigrated to Israel and worked for Israeli television. There, he filmed a documentary titled ''Once Upon a Time There Were Russians in Jerusalem''. The film won Best Documentary and Best Director at The World Television Film Festival in Hollywood.
Awards
*1961 - First Prize - Moscow All-Union Festival of Amateur Films - ''I Believe Spring''
*Gold Medal of VDNH (Highest Award of Soviet Industry)
*1970 - Lomonosov Prize of the 1st degree (Highest award of the USSR Academy of Sciences)
*1982 - Special Prize of the Jury - Montréal Film Festival - ''Liquid Sky''
References
External links
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Official "Slava Tsukerman" site "Slava Tsukerman" FaceBook pageOfficial "Liquid Sky" siteOfficial "Stalin's Wife" site
1940 births
Living people
Russian film directors
American film directors
Israeli emigrants to the United States
Soviet emigrants to Israel
Russian Jews
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