Maryus Vaysberg Explained

Maryus Vaysberg
Birth Name:Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg
Birth Date:1 April 1971
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship:Soviet Union
Russia
Occupation:film director, film producer, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1999–present
Other Names:Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg

Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg, is a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent.[1] [2]

Career

His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in the Soviet film industry- he acted as the executive producer of Tarkovsky's film Mirror,[3] on Andrei Konchalovsky's film Siberiade, and Karen Shakhnazarov's film The Assassin of the Tsar.

Vaysberg graduated from the VGIK in the mid-1990s and started releasing films.[4] His first film, No Vacancy, starring Christina Ricci was released in 1999.

Vaysberg's films are not well-loved by critics in his native Russia. However, many of his films are successful at the Russian box office, such as Naughty Grandma,[5] Love in the Big City, 8 First Dates, and Not Ideal Man.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1999No Vacancy
2002May
2006The Elder Son
2008Hitler Goes Kaput!
2009Love in the Big City
2010Love in the Big City 2
20128 First Dates
2012Rzhevsky versus Napoleon
2014Love in the Big City 3[6]
20158 New Dates
20168 Best Dates[7]
2017Naughty Grandma[8] [9]
2018Night Shift
2019Naughty Grandma 2
2020Not Ideal Man
2021Naughty Great Grandma
2022About Fate
2023Uvolit Zhoru

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Марюс Вайсберг (Marius Waisberg) - биография - российские режиссёры - Кино-Театр.РУ. kino-teatr.ru. 2018-03-22.
  2. Web site: Марюс Вайсберг (Marius Balchunas) - фильмография, все фильмы, фото, публикации. film.ru. 2018-03-22.
  3. Web site: Fomin . Valeriy . Kosinova . Marina . Создание фильма «Зеркало» А. Тарковского . The Making of Andrey Tarkovsky's film "Mirror". Russian. tarkovsky.su . June 28, 2021.
  4. Web site: Марюс Вайсберг . Forbes . June 28, 2021.
  5. Web site: Российское кино летом: провалилось все, кроме "Бабушки легкого поведения" . Russian movie industry in the summer: Everything flopped, except for "Naughty Grandma" . Russian . mk.ru . 28 August 2017 . June 28, 2021.
  6. Web site: Forbes назвал самых успешных российских режиссеров - Газета Слово - Новости Португалии, Испании и Италии. gazetaslovo.com. 2018-03-22.
  7. Web site: Стартовал показ комедии "8 лучших свиданий" | Новости кино | TRICOLOR TV MAGAZINE. tricolortvmag.ru. 2018-03-22.
  8. Web site: Десять лучших российских фильмов 2017 года. KM.RU. 2018-03-22.
  9. Web site: 2017 год в российском кино: блокбастеры, скандалы, дебюты и рекорды. tvkinoradio.ru. 20 December 2017 . 2018-03-22.