Vasily Stepanov (critic) explained

Vasily Stepanov
Birth Name:Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov
Birth Date:March 11, 1981
Occupation:film critic, editor
Known For:Seans

Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov (Russian: Васи́лий Евге́ньевич Степа́нов; born in 1981) is a Russian cinema critic, journalist, columnist; since 2020 — chief editor of Seans magazine.

Stepanov was born in Leningrad, he is a St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium graduate and a SPBU alumni.[1] He started his career as an editor of the cinema review section at Kalendar magazine, in 2006 he became an editor at Seans.[2] Stepanov started writing for this publication much earlier, at the age of 21.[3] Stepanov wrote for Kommersant-Weekend, Russian Reporter, Empire, Afisha, and others.[4]

In 2019, Stepanov released Bergman, a book of critical essays and analytics, dedicated to the famous director.[5] [6] He also writes poetry.[7] In 2014, he was a member of jury at the St Petersburg Video Poetry Festival.[8] [9]

In 2020, Stepanov took over as Seans chief editor when its founder Lyubov Arkus resigned after a defamation scandal.[10] [11]

In 2021, Stepanov co-authored a book Screenlife. Searching for new language in cinema. In 2022, he released a book about a prominent Soviet and Russian director Rustam Khamdamov.[12] [13]

In March 2022, Stepanov signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ru . "Мы делаем "Сеанс" для себя". We’re doing Seans for ourselves . Lenizdat . 2020-08-23 . 2022-12-02.
  2. Web site: ru . Василий Степанов . Seance . 2022-12-01.
  3. Web site: ru . Любовь Аркус покинула пост главреда журнала «Сеанс». Ее место занял Василий Степанов . Afisha . 2020-06-05 . 2022-12-02.
  4. Web site: ru . Vasily Stepanov . Arzamas . 2022-12-02.
  5. Web site: ru. Бергман, Василий Степанов . Respublica . 2022-12-02.
  6. Web site: Martynov, A. . ru . Попытка понять и рассказать Бергмана . Regmun . 2019-04-14 . 2022-12-02.
  7. Web site: ru . Межгород: Евгения Лавут — Василий Степанов. InterCity: Eugenia Lavut and Vasily Stepanov . Word Order . 2011-03-18 . 2022-12-02.
  8. Web site: ru . Пятая нога. Fifth leg . Okolo Art Magazine . 2014-11-28 . 2022-12-02.
  9. Web site: Sokhareva, T. . ru . Поэзия: взгляд с экрана . Gazeta . 2014-11-27 . 2022-12-02.
  10. Web site: ru . Василий Степанов . Sobaka . 2022-12-01.
  11. Web site: . ru . «Без "Сеанса" не было бы любви» — кинокритик Зинаида Пронченко о лучшем черно-белом журнале о кино . Sobaka . 2021-08-05 . 2022-12-02.
  12. Web site: ru . Увидел свет сборник "Сеанса" о Хадамове . Orloff Magazine . 2022-01-30 . 2022-12-02.
  13. Web site: ru . В России вышла книга о Тонино Гуэрре. Book about Tonino Guerra released in Russia . Rossiyskaya Gazeta . 2022-02-02 . 2022-12-02.
  14. Web site: Против военной агрессии России в Украине. kinopressa.ru. 2 March 2022 . 2022-03-02.