History Creator / AndreyZvyagintsev

* CreatorsOddball: His next film, ''What Happens'', will be in English language, a first for him, likely due to him not being able to shoot in Russia anymore due to his opposition to the war in Ukraine.

He left Russia in 2022 for health reasons and due to his opposition to the war in UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}, and resides in France since then.

He left Russia in 2022 for health reasons and due to his opposition to the war in UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}, he resides in France since then.

His opposition to the war in UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} has led him to live in France since 2022.

* ''What Happens'' (TBA)

* CreatorsOddball: His next film, ''What Happens'', will be in English language, a first for him, likely due to him not being able to shoot in Russia anymore due to his opposition to the war in UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}.

* TroubledProduction: The production of Zvyagintsev's next film, ''What Happens'', has been plagued by several factors, including the director's health.

** Adding to this, in early 2022 his (Ukrainian-born but then-Russia based) producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the mass scale Russian invasion of Ukraine (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposes), although he later found new partnerships outside of Russia and ''What Happens'' could be filmed, eventually.

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Andrey Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and screenwriter born on February 6, 1964 in Novosibirsk.

* ReferencedBy: In the Russian BlackComedy series ''The Last Minister'', Alexander Gorchilin plays an AlternateRealty version of Zvyagintsev who's kidnapped by a secret government agency and forced to make a sequel to ''Film/{{Leviathan|2014}}'' as part of a psyop to bolster Russia's reputation as world's bleakest and scariest country.

** Adding to this, in early 2022 his (Ukrainian-born but then-Russia based) producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the military invasion of Ukraine (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposes), although he later found new partnerships outside of Russia and ''What Happens'' could be filmed, eventually.

** A few days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, Zvyagintsev caught a severe form of COVID nonetheless, with a violent fever, and was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured. He spent the better part of 2022 recovering.

* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Averted. Bressoniac as he might be, he usually illustrates the events by eerie music.

* TroubledProduction: The production of Zvyagintsev's next film, ''What Happens'', has been plagues by several factors, including the director's health.

* TroubledProduction: The production of Zvyagintsev's next film, ''What Happens'', has been significantly delayed due to several factors, including the director's health.

* TroubledProduction: The production of his next film, ''What Happens'', has been significantly delayed due to several factors, including Zvyagintsev's health.

* TroubledProduction: The production of his next film, ''What Happens'', has been significantly delayed due to several factors:

* FromBadToWorse: For his characters in ''Elena'', ''Leviathan'' and ''Loveless''.

** A few days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, Zvyagintsev caught a severe form of COVID nonetheless, with a violent fever, and was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.

** A few days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, he caught a severe form of COVID nonetheless, with a violent fever, and was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.

** Adding to this, in early 2022 his (Ukrainian-born but then-Russia based) producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the military invasion of Ukraine (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposes), although he later found an arrangement for ''What Happens'' to be filmed eventually.

** Several days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, he caught a severe form of COVID nonetheless, with a violent fever, and was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.

* ''Film/{{Loveless|2017}}'' (2017)*

* DownerEnding: His last three films definitely don't end well.

* TroubledProduction: The production of his next film, ''What Happens'', had been significantly delayed due to several factors:

** Adding to this, in early 2022 his producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the military invasion of Ukraine (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposes), although he later found an arrangement for it to happen eventually.

* CreatorsOddball: His next film, ''What Happens'', will be in English language, a first for him, likely due to him not being able to shoot in Russia due to opposing the war in UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}.

* ''Film/{{Loveless|2017}}'' (2017)

* TroubledProduction: The production of his next film has been significantly delayed due to several factors:
** Several days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] vaccine in 2021, he developed a violent fever and was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.
** Adding to this, his producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the 2022 military invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposes).

** Several days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] vaccine in 2021, he developed a violent fever and was put was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany. Then he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.

** Several days after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] vaccine in 2021, he contracted sepsis as a result of a nosocomial infection resistant to antibiotics and subsequently developed polyneuropathy after he was put into an artificial coma in a hospital in Germany, the result of which causing him to lose the ability to walk and speak for several months, and his throat ligaments were injured.
** Adding to this, his producer Alexander Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects were put on hold or closed as a result of the 2022 military invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} (which Zvyagintsev also publicly opposed).

* SpiritualSuccessor: To his inspirations, Creator/RobertBresson, Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni, Creator/IngmarBergman and Creator/AndreiTarkovsky.