| Vitali Kanevsky | |
| Birth Date: | 4 September 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Suchan, Soviet Union |
| Occupation: | Film director Screenwriter |
| Yearsactive: | 1976—2000 |
Vitali Yevgenievich Kanevsky (Russian: Вита́лий Евге́ньевич Кане́вский; born 4 September 1935) is a Soviet film director and screenwriter. His film Freeze Die Come to Life won the Caméra d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his film An Independent Life would win the Jury Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
In 1960 he entered the directing department of VGIK (Mikhail Romm's workshop).
Kanevsky served a prison sentence for rape from 1966 to 1974.[4]
Vitali currently lives in France, USA, and St. Petersburg.[5]