Klim Alekseevich Shipenko (; born 16 June 1983) is a Russian

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, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, producer, and

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Biography

Early life

Shipenko was born in

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(now

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). In 2002, he entered the

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at Northridge (Film Production Department). He worked as an intern on the set of the film '' Something's Gotta Give'' by

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. He filmed the diploma film as a cameraman and studied at the Sal Dano Professional Actors Workshop. In 2004, he returned to Moscow. For a short time, he worked on Channel One and was the director of the Plantain program about cars.

Career

In 2006, Shipenko made his debut as a director with the short film ''White Night''. In 2009, his first full-length work, ''Unforgiven'', was released. The film was shown at the

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. A year later, the director filmed the detective drama ''Who Am I?''. His first movie about space, ''Salyut 7'' (2017), is based on real events that took place in the 1980s on the Soviet space station of the same name. In 2019, Shipenko directed the film ''Text'' based on the novel of the same name by

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. The film received wide attention due to an intimate scene featuring Ivan Yankovsky and Kristina Asmus. Glukhovsky said that, overall, he considered the adaptation to be very successful. ''Text'' received several awards, including winning in four categories at the Golden Eagle Awards.

Filming in outer space

In 2021, Shipenko shot portions of a science fiction film aboard the

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. It is to be the second narrative feature-length fiction film shot (partially) in space (after '' Return from Orbit''), and it is the first feature-length fiction film to be filmed in space by professional film-makers. The project is tentatively called ''The Challenge'' (2023 film), and was shot between the launch of Soyuz MS-19 and return of Soyuz MS-18. The first narrative film filmed fully (the narrative film '' Return from Orbit'' had some scenes filmed in space) in outer space was a short film titled '' Apogee of Fear'', shot in 2008. ''The Challenge'' was in a race with

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and

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to shoot the first narrative feature film in space. On the ISS Shipenko was in charge of camera, lighting, sound recording and makeup. The acting was done by actress Yulia Peresild. The filming equipment was launched at Progress MS-17 and returned on Soyuz MS-18. Pyotr Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei helped with filming.

Honors

* 2018 - The 16th Golden Eagle Award ceremony for the best feature film ''Salyut 7''. * 2020 - The 18th Golden Eagle Award ceremony for the best feature film ''Text''. * 2023 -

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in the field of literature and art in 2022 (June 9, 2023) - for the creation of the feature film ''The Challenge''.

Filmography

As director

* ''Night Express'' (2006) * ''White Night'' (2006) * ''Unforgivens'' (2009) * ''1000 Kilometers from My Life'' (2010) * ''Who Am I?'' (2010) * ''It's Simple'' (2012) * '' Love Does Not Love'' (2014) * ''The Nerd's Confession'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' The Challenge'' (2023) * '' Serf 2'' (2023) * ''

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'' (TBA)

As screenwriter

'' (2017) * '' The Challenge'' (2023) * ''

'' (TBA)

As actor

* ''Unforgiveness'' (2009) * ''It's Simple'' (2012) * ''

'' (2017)

As producer

* ''White Night'' (2006) * ''Night Express'' (2006) * ''It's Simple'' (2012)

As cinematographer

* '' The Challenge'' (2023)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipenko, Klim Living people 1983 births People from Moscow Cosmonauts from Moscow Russian film directors Russian film producers 21st-century Russian screenwriters California State University, Northridge alumni Spaceflight participants