Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Biography

Ivan Ivanovich Tverdovsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Твердовский; born 29 December 1988, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, cinematographer and actor. He is also a son of documentary filmmaker Ivan Tverdovsky (1961). He graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography "VGIK" (2011, experimental directing workshop of A. Uchitel). Participant and prize-winner of national and international film festivals. Twice participated in the competition programme of Kinotavr. Shorts: in 2010 with the film “As If Waiting for a Bus”, for which he gained the jury diploma; and in 2013 with the film “Space Dogs”. His first feature film, “Correction Class” (2014) brought Tverdovsky the NIKA 2014 award in the category Discovery of the Year; the film won numerous awards at Russian and international shows, including a prize for Best Debut and the Prize of Film Distributors at Kinotavr-2014, the first prize in the East-West Competition and a special mention of the FEDEORA jury at Karlovy Vary IFF, and prizes at IFFs in Thessaloniki, Seattle, Tallinn, Kiev, etc. His second film, “Zoology” (2016), has been awarded a prize for direction in Karlovy Vary, the Grand Prix of festivals in Cottbus and Austin, Texas…

Directed

1. Corrections Class (2014) — Director
2. Zoology (2016) — Director
3. Jumpman (2018) — Director
4. Conference (2020) — Director
5. Lucy (2022) — Director
6. The Flood (2023) — Director
7. Panic Attacks (2024) — Director
8. As If Waiting For A Bus (2009) — Director
9. Painful Points (2010) — Director
10. Pianism (2012) — Director
11. Space Dog (2012) — Director
12. Sacred Ditch (2007) — Director
13. In Active Search (2008) — Director
14. Snow (2011) — Director
15. Quiet Life (2019) — Director
16. Reverse (2025) — Director
17. Враг — Director

Also appeared in

1. Intervention (2020)
2. Hidden Space (2021)