Yury Bykov

Yuri Bykov was born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk a small town in the Ryazan region of Russia Coming from a family of factory workers he studied acting in the famous VGIK Institute of Cinema named after Gerasimov and appeared in various theatres of Moscow after receiving his diploma in 2005 In 2006 Yury Bykov started to write and direct his first short films In 2009 his short film The Boss in which he also played the lead role won the main prize at the AllRussian National film festival Kinotavr In 2010 Bykov directed his first feature film Live Special Jury Prize at Taipei International Film Festival In 2013 his second feature The Major was selected in Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival In 2014 The Fool received important awards at the festivals of Locarno Best Actor Leopard Ecumenical Jury Prize Junior Jury Award First Prize and Les Arcs among many others Both The Major and The Fool enjoyed international theatrical releases Yury Bykov both writes and directs his films He has also edited and scored his early projects as well as playing one of the lead roles in The Major