Mikhail Segal

Directing

Biography

Mikhail Yurievich Segal (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Сегал; born 3 January 1974, Orel) is a Russian filmmaker, clipmaker, writer, scriptwriter, editor and composer. He is best known for the cult film-almanac "Short Stories" by adapting your own prose. He also gained a reputation as an "anti-pop" clipmaker. Segal is an author of novels for «Russian Pioneer» magazine. Studied at the director’s faculty of the Film Institute VGIK, made music clips for the groups Bi-2, Spleen, Nogu Svelo! [Twisted Leg], Nochnye Snaipery [Night Snipers], Kasta, Mashina Vremeni [Time Machine], etc. Published two collections of prose. In 2006 at XXVIII Moscow International Film Festival, Mikhail presented his first full-length film "Franz+Polina" and got recognition at many Russian and international festivals (in Germany, France, Poland, Canada, China, and other countries). In 2010, "AST" publishing house published Mikhail's first book of prose "Youth" containing a story of the same name and a collection of short novels. In 2011, Segal shot a short film "Fasteners Solutions" which was based on one of his novels, and the film won the short-film nomination at "Kinotavr" Film Festival. The same summer, 3 other novels were shot, and a full-length movie «Short Stories» that got a widespread fame later on, was presented at the next 2012 "Kinotavr". In 2014, Mikhail Segal presented his third full-length movie "A Film About Alexeev". In 2018, the movie «Elephants Can Play Football» and the book "Handwriting" were released. In 2020 his film "Deeper!" was a participant of Sochi Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr".

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Franz + Polina

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The movie tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.

Elephants Can Play Football

5.9(0.0K)

Dmitry is a strong willed, solid guy. He could easily quit the game, if only he knew he was playing.

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Elephants Can Play Football

Masha's dad

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Franz + Polina

4.8(0.0K)

The movie tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.

Short Stories

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A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.

Short Stories

The Movie about Alekseev

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The film is a journey through the amazing life of Alekseyev. He drank tea with Tarkovsky, got into the KGB because of Gagarin, competed with Kalashnikov and Vysotsky. One day, he will learn more about himself than he knew and could have imagined: about his talent, about the mark that he left in the destinies of other people. You can live your life again if someone loves you.

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The Movie about Alekseev

Writer

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The Movie about Alekseev

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The Movie about Alekseev

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Long Waves

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The love story in the big city, where a man can in an instant to miss with his dream and he has to spend a long way to find and return this dream in his life.