Klim Shipenko

Biography

Klim Alekseevich Shipenko (Russian: Клим Алексеевич Шипенко; born 16 June 1983; Moscow) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, producer and cosmonaut. Two-time winner of the Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Feature Film" (for "Salyut-7" in 2018 and for "Text" in 2020). The director of Son of a Rich - one of the highest-grossing films in Russia and the CIS (more than 3 billion rubles box office receipts). In 2021, he became a participant in a space flight within the framework of the scientific and educational project "Challenge". It is the first feature-length fiction film to be filmed in space by professional film-makers. His father is actor, director, playwright Alexey Shipenko. Shipenko was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In 2002 he entered the California State University at Northridge (Film Production Department). He worked as an intern on the set of the film Something's Gotta Give by Nancy Meyers. Filmed the diploma film as a cameraman. Studied at the Sal Dano Professional Actors Workshop. In 2004 he returned to Moscow. For a short time he worked on Channel One, was the director of the Plantain program about cars. In…

Directed

1. Salyut-7 (2017) — Director
2. Son of a Rich (2019) — Director
3. Text (2019) — Director
4. Son of a Rich 2 (2024) — Director
5. The Challenge (2023) — Director
6. Who Am I? (2010) — Director
7. Likes or Dislikes (2014) — Director
8. The Nerd's Confession (2016) — Director
9. Pregnancy Test (2015) — Director
10. The Unforgiven (2009) — Director
11. Text. Reality (2020) — Director
12. Son of a Rich 3 (2026) — Director
13. Overman (2020) — Director
14. Under the Lights (2009) — Director
15. Night Express (2006) — Director
16. White Night (2006) — Director
17. New Year, I Love You! (2019) — Director
18. December — Director
19. Oknutiy — Director
20. Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors — Director
21. Snow Maiden — Director
22. Cinderella (2028) — Director
23. Challenge. About the Film that Conquered Space (2023) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Salyut-7 (2017) — American astronaut
2. The Challenge (2023)
3. Buy Me (2017)
4. Boomerang (2021) — manager
5. Where's the Logic? (2015) — Self / Gamer
6. How Derevyanko Lomonosov Played (2024) — Клим Шипенко, режиссер (камео)
7. The Unforgiven (2009)
8. Everything Is Simple (2012) — Boris
9. By the Way (2023) — Guest
10. Cinema 3.0 (2023)
11. Вызов. Первые в космосе (2021)
12. Polyglot (2012)