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Villen Novak

Corresponding Member of the NAA of Ukraine

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Villen Novak

    born in 1938

Film Director

    Corresponding member of the NAA of Ukraine (2002)

    People's Artist of Ukraine (1999) 

    Member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine

Villen Novak has directed more than ten films throughout his career. His creative credo remains unchanged: portraying the human being in a broad perspective. This approach has ensured both audience success and critical acclaim for his films, earning awards at various film festivals.
Among his notable works are One Day in Autumn, Ring (1973), Red Diplomatic Couriers (1977), Pitchfork (1978), Invasion (1980), Two Versions of One Collision (1985), It’s Not Always Summer in Crimea (1987), Gu-Ga (1989), Wild Love (1993, box office leader in 1994), and To Love or to Kill (2008). His film The Princess on the Beans (1997) became the highest-grossing film of 1997, winning ten festival awards, four of which were from international film festivals.
Novak's work also includes several television projects: The Third Dimension (three episodes, 1983), Stop on Demand (co-authored, eight episodes, 2000), The Private Life of Public People (four episodes, 2003), A Dangerous Witness (TV film, 2004), and Shoot Immediately! (2008). All of his films have sparked significant media attention. In 2021, he completed work on the tragicomedy Why Am I Alive.
V. Novak served as the artistic director of the "Odesa New-Format Film and Video Studio" for nearly five years and is currently a director at the Odesa Film Studio.
He has been awarded the Order of Merit, 3rd class (2004), and the Presidential Distinction of Ukraine – the Jubilee Medal 20 Years of Ukraine’s Independence (2011).

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