| Birth Date: | 1973 2, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Borisov, USSR |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | Producer, film maker, actor |
| Alma Mater: | Russian Academy of Foreign Trade |
| Years Active: | 1995–present |
Ruslan Vitryanyuk (Russian: Руслан Владимирович Витрянюк), born February 28, 1973, is a producer, film maker, actor, Member of Russian Guild of Producers, Member of Ukrainian Guild of Producers.
He is the founder and president of Los Angeles–based Golden Bridge Entertainment and Russian foundation "Stars of the Motherland" (Foundation that supports Culture, Arts, Science and Sports). Ruslan is also the creator and producer of Russian Film Festival in Valence. Ruslan is best known for his works with Pierre Richard, Annie Girardot, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Catherine Deneuve, and Thomas Anders
Ruslan holds his Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Master's degree in Marketing and Advertising. He also has Ph.D degree. He’s an author of the dissertation “National Interests of Modern day Russia within international interests: A political-psychological aspect”
In his work, Vitryanyuk concludes that: “often government interests oppose national and public interests of the civil society”.
Also, Vityranyuk notes, that part of the russian society don’t see their futures as part of the Federation.
“This is not only a consequence of some historical predestination or grievances against the past, but also the result of disagreement with the current policy of the central government, because it does not yet optimally express the interests of society in all their diversity”.
Ruslan started his career as an executive in "Photo" magazine. During his work at "Photo" magazine he got introduced to Stas Namin who had a great photo collection of his own. Ruslan proposed to organize photo exhibition for Stas that turn out to be a great success. Impressed by Ruslan's organizational skills, Stas Namin, who gained a cult figure status as one of the founders of indigenous Russian rock music, offered Ruslan his first job as producer. Ruslan gained tremendous experience working with Stas on numerous projects in The Stas Namin Centre.
In 1998 Ruslan founded "Stars of the Motherland" foundation that supports culture, arts, science and sports. This organization produced numerous gala events in partnership with JSA for various international pop music stars in the Kremlin, Red Square, and Carnegie Hall.
In 1998 Ruslan met Sergey Kalvarskiy, TEFI award winner in "Producer of the Year" nomination (Equivalent to a Golden Globe Award). Starting in 2003 they worked with all major Russian pop and rock stars producing their music videos. Ruslan founded "Production Promotion Pictures", his first production company, in 2003 and produced two films the same year. His first work with famous Russian movie director Ivan Solovov, Slova i muzyka was critically acclaimed. His second work was his first TV series project, Nadezhda ukhodit posledney was purchased by one of the most popular Russian channels CTC.
In the period of time between 2005 and 2011 Ruslan partnered with Kinoprom, Top Line Production, and A-1 Kino Video. He produced the following films and TV series "Polnyy vperyod!", Parni iz stali, "Karusel", "Stealing Tarantino", "Ya dozhdus", Countdown, "Mechtat ne vredno", "Kod apokalipsisa", Zabava, "My iz budushchego 2",Dyuymovochka, "Horror Which Is Always with You", and many others.
In 2011 Ruslan moved to Los Angeles, CA and founded "Golden Bridge Entertainment".
In 2022, after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine (special military operation), Ruslan Vitryanyuk never spoke in support of the Kremlin's policy, on the contrary, same time ago he became the author of the "Unbroken" project, by analogy with one of the main narratives of the Ukrainian authorities today ("neskoreni"), which tells stories about strong people.
In June 2023, he came back[1] from the USA to his hometown of Ulyanovsk with the goal of solving multiple political issues. Moreover, Vitryanyuk carried out a meeting with ex-minister of public health Pavel Degtyar.
Vitryanyuk stepped up his political activities against the backdrop of disagreement with the policy of the current Russian authorities regarding Ukraine, which led to the international isolation of the Russian Federation.
Vityranyuk’s father - is a major-general, Vladimir Vitryanyuk, who is one of the initiators for the appearance of “Just Russia - Patriots”, which was joined by Vitryanyuks party “Patriots of Russia”.
The new political force also includes a colleague of Ruslan Vitryanyuk, a well-known television journalist, the author of a program on the Dozhd TV channel, Zakhar Prilepin.
The “Just Russia - Patriots” party, which unites the young political elite, well-known artists, including those in the West, enjoys the support of the Russian generals, advocates the renewal of power in Russia, starting from the regions.[2]
| Film | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Life Is Like Poker | 2014 | producer |
| Angel of Death | 2014 | producer |
| Island | 2014 | producer |
| Rock'n'Ball | 2011 | producer |
| Ya dozhdus | 2011 | producer |
| Land of Oblivion | 2011 | producer |
| The Will of Victory (A Doc Opera) | 2011 | associate producer |
| Iskateli Priklyucheniy | 2010 | producer |
| Parizhane | 2010 | producer |
| Kod apokalipsisa | 2010 | associate producer |
| Vorotily. Byt vmeste | 2009 | producer |
| Vorotily | 2009 | producer |
| V ozhidanii chuda | 2007 | producer |
| Zhivopisnaya Avantyura | 2007 | producer |
| Nulevoy kilometr | 2007 | actor / producer |
| Stealing Tarantino | 2006 | producer |
| 20 nuits et un jour de pluie | 2006 | producer |
| Karusel | 2005 | producer |
| Parni iz stali | 2005 | producer |
| Polnyy vperyod! | 2005 | producer |
| Mechtat ne vredno | 2005 | producer |
| Countdown | 2004 | producer |