Sergey Ursulyak is a cinematographer who is best known for his epic film based on the book of Vasily Grossman and the equally famous detective series about the work of the Odessa police in the postwar years. Films reflecting the life of Soviet people at the end of the first half of the last century, the director succeeds masterfully thanks to his talent to delve into the little things, to see the deep meaning of events that took place more than half a century ago.
early years
Director Sergei Ursulyak was born in 1958, in an ordinary Soviet family. Father was a military man. Mother is a teacher. The family often changed their place of residence, but with the birth of a son, the constant moving from one garrison to another stopped.
The childhood of the creator of "Liquidation" was spent in severe Magadan. From an early age, the boy was fond of reading historical and adventure prose. In the summer he went to a relative who lived in the near Moscow region.
Sergey attended the famous performances during the holidays. Already at a young age, he was indelibly impressed by the acting game of the Moscow Art Theater and other metropolitan theaters. Perhaps it was during this period of his life that Sergey Ursulyak decided to connect his life with art.
The beginning of creativity
After receiving a certificate of maturity Sergey Ursulyak went to the capital. In Moscow, the first time he entered the legendary school. Schukin. He brilliantly graduated from the acting department. And after that he was admitted to the Satyricon, where he worked for more than ten years. In this theater, Sergey Ursulyak played quite bright, noticeable roles. The most significant is the role of Chatsky.
Despite a successful acting career, Sergey Ursulyak wanted to realize himself in a different direction - he dreamed of making films. In the early nineties, Sergey Ursulyak became a student of directing courses. In the workshop Motyl Ursulyak received the basis of the profession. And his first work was the painting "Russian Ragtime", created in 1993. What was the future path of such an outstanding personality as Sergei Ursulyak?
Filmography
For several years, a graduate of the workshop of Vladimir Motyl worked on television. He became the director of the popular show "Me and My Dog." Then he took part in the creation of the program series “Recent History”. It was then that Sergei Ursulyak proved himself to be a subtle connoisseur of the most important historical events and a professional capable of conveying the subtleties of past times to viewers. The director also led the author’s cinema program “Variegated Ribbon”.
Most of the films that Sergey Ursulyak creates are marked by high awards. He created a series about the legendary scout Isaev, filmed the novel Life and Fate, and directed the films Poirot Failure and The Diamond Chariot.
In addition, the famous filmmaker acted as a screenwriter. Several films have been shot based on his works.
In 2013, Ursulyak began work on the film adaptation of the great book The Quiet Don. The premiere took place in 2015. Work on a work that S. Gerasimov and S. Bondarchuk tried to interpret in different ways is already complex and unusually laborious. In order to decide to shoot such a film, you need to have extraordinary courage, determination. Criticism, like other film adaptations of Sholokhov, took Ursulyak’s work very strictly. But viewers, according to reviews, liked the film.
Personal life
In his youth, Sergey Ursulyak married the beginning actress Galina Nadirli. In this marriage, the daughter of Alexander was born. The second wife of the director is Lika Nifontova. My wife took part in the filming of the best paintings of Ursulyak. Namely - she played the role of the daughter of the hero Mikhail Ulyanov in the film "Composition for Victory Day", and the wife of Gotzman in the series "Liquidation".