Ukrainians and Ukraine-born with Oscars!
by CinephileInAction | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicUkraine-born, Ukrainian-based filmmakers, filmmaker of the Ukrainian origin and those who made Ukrainian-produced films winning Oscars over the years.
1. Mstyslav Chernov
Director | 20 Days in Mariupol
Mstyslav Chernov was born in 1985 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for 20 Days in Mariupol (2023), Frontline (1983) and Moderated by Matt (2022).
Unknown as a filmmaker until 2022 (but well-known as a photographer), Mstyslav Chernov, supported by his US producers, won 2024 Oscar for "Best Documentary Feature" Feature for his film "20 Days in Mariupol". Must watch!
2. Jack Palance
Actor | City Slickers
Jack Palance quite often exemplified evil incarnate on film, portraying some of the most intensely feral villains witnessed in 1950s westerns and melodrama. Enhanced by his tall, powerful build, icy voice, and piercing eyes, he earned two "Best Supporting Actor" nominations early in his career. It ...
Born into a Ukrainian family in the US, an iconic American Western actor finally won his Oscar in 1992 as "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" in "City Slickers" (following two Oscar nominations in 1953 and 1954).
3. Joseph Ruttenberg
Cinematographer | Gaslight
Four-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1893, at the age of four, his family moved to the United States, eventually settling in Boston. After schooling, he got his first job in 1907 working as a newsboy and personal runner for William ...
Born in Berdychiv, Joseph emigrated with his parents to the US where he became an established cinematographer winning 4 Oscars in 1930s and 1950s!
4. Dimitri Tiomkin
Soundtrack | High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian Jewish composer who emigrated to America and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. He won a hallowed place in the pantheon of the most successful and productive composers in American film history, earning himself four Oscars ...
Born in Kremenchuk (which you can see often is now bombed by Russians), he made it to the US as an emigre and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. 4 Oscars!
5. Elena Andreicheva
Producer | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Elena Andreicheva is an Oscar and BAFTA-winning Producer and Filmmaker based in London, working across documentaries that fuse personal stories with powerful journalism. She has produced work on a variety of hard-hitting and hard-access topics - incarceration ("12-Year-Old Lifer"), the war on drugs...
Kyiv-born and educated journalist moving to the UK at 11, Olena (her birth name in Ukrainian) earned her Oscar for "Best Documentary Short Subject" as a producer of "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" in 2020. She also a film director in her own rights.
6. Barbara Karinska
Costume_designer | Joan of Arc
Barbara Karinska was born on October 3, 1886 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was a costume designer, known for Joan of Arc (1948), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pirate (1948). She was married to Vladimir Mamontov, Alexander Moïssenko and N. S. Karinsky. She died on ...
Another Ukrainian-born (from Kharkiv), Barbara Karinska won the Oscar for "Best Costume Design" in "Joan of Arc" (Shared with Dorothy Jeakins)
7. Eugene Mamut
Visual_effects | Predator
Eugene Mamut is known for Predator (1987), Ladyhawke (1985) and Little Monsters (1989).
Predator! Emigrating from Ukraine to the US, Mr Mamut earned "Scientific and Engineering Award" for "The design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer". (Shared with: Robert M. Greenberg and Joel Hynek)
8. Anatoliy Kokush
Self | Kokush. U. Crane
The first person to win two Oscars in independent Ukraine, Anatoly Kokush, the founder of Filmotechnik, in 2006. However, he was the winner of the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of the Academy.
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