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Milla Jovovich is a Ukrainian-American actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer and public figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and starred in such films as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the Resident Evil (2002) franchise.
Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now in Ukraine). Her Serbian father, Bogdan Jovovich, was a medical doctor in Kyiv. There, he met her mother, Galina Jovovich (née Loginova), a Russian actress. At the age of 5, in 1981, Milla emigrated with her parents from the Soviet Union, moving first to London, UK, then to Sacramento, California, and eventually settled in Los Angeles. There her parents worked as house cleaners for the household of director Brian De Palma. Her parents separated, and eventually divorced, because her father was arrested and spent several years in prison.
Young Milla Jovovich was brought up by her single mother in Los Angeles. In addition to her native Ukrainian, she also speaks Russian and English. However, in spite of her cosmopolitan background, Milla was ostracized by some of her classmates, as a kid who emigrated from the Soviet Union amidst the paranoia of the Cold War. Many emotional scars had affected her behavior, but she eventually emerged as a resilient, multi-talented, albeit rebellious and risk-taking girl. She was coached by her actress mother since her childhood, first at home, then studied music, ballet, and acting in Los Angeles.
She shot to international fame after she was spotted by the photographer Richard Avedon at the age of 11, and was featured in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine 'Lei' which was her first cover shoot. She made her first professional model contract at the age of 12, and soon made it to the cover of 'The Face', 'Vogue', 'Cosmopolitan' and many other magazines. In 1994, she appeared on the cover of 'High Times' in the UK, at the age of 18. The total number of her magazine covers worldwide was over one hundred by 2004, and keeps counting. In 2004, she made $10.4 million, becoming the highest paid supermodel in the world.
Milla appeared in ad campaigns for Chanel, Versace, Emporio Armani, Donna Karen, DKNY, Celine, P&K, H&H, and continues her role as the worldwide spokesperson and model for L'Oreal. Thanks to their continued success with Milla, Giorgio Armani chose her to be the face of his fragrance, Night. In addition to Armani's fragrance, Milla was the face for Calvin Klein's Obsession and Christian Dior's Poison for over 10 years and has most recently become the new face for Donna Karan's Cashmere Mist fragrance, which debuts in August 2009. Milla continues to shoot with the fashion industry's most sought after photographers, including Peter Lindbergh, Mario Sorrenti, Craig McDean and Inez & Vinoodh.
Milla made her acting debut in the Disney Channel movie The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) and she made guest appearances on television series including Married... with Children (1987) (in 1989 as a French exchange student), Paradise (1988) and Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990). In 1988, at age 12, she made her film debut credited as Milla in a supporting role in Two Moon Junction (1988) by writer/director Zalman King. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she played several supporting roles as a teenage actress in film and on television, then starred in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). In 1997, she co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in the sci-fi blockbuster The Fifth Element (1997), then she starred as the title character of The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).
In the early 2000s, Milla had a few years of uncertainty in her acting career due to the uneven quality of her films, as well as some hectic events in her private life. She appeared with Mel Gibson in Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. She went on to co-star with Wes Bentley and Sarah Polley in The Claim (2000) and in Ben Stiller's spoof of the world of models and high-fashion, Zoolander (2001).
Milla achieved box office success in the U.S. and around the world with the action-packed thriller, Resident Evil (2002), based on the wildly popular video game, Resident Evil. It was written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Milla reprised her role as the zombie slaying heroine, Alice, in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), and again in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) A seventh resident Evil movie is in pre-production.
She received glowing reviews opposite Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Illeana Douglas in Dummy (2002) which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. In the spring of 2006, Milla returned to the big screen as action heroine, Violet, in the futuristic film Ultraviolet (2006) directed by Kurt Wimmer.
Focusing on her personal sense of style, her love of fashion led Milla and her friend and business partner, Carmen Hawk, to launch their Jovovich-Hawk clothing line, which achieved instant acclaim in the domestic and international fashion world. The fresh, unique line garnered the attention of red carpet watchers and fashion magazines, including American Vogue, who featured Jovovich-Hawk on their coveted list of "10 Things to Watch Out for in 2005." A student of voice and guitar since she was very young, Milla began writing songs for her first record at the age of 15.
Her first album, "The Divine Comedy", was released by EMI Records in 1994. Informed by her experiences as a child growing up as a Russian emigrant in the Red-bashing Reagan era, the introspective European-folkish debut drew favorable reviews for Milla's songwriting and performing. She continues to write music, and has had songs featured on several film soundtracks. She has been writing music and lyrics to her song-demos, playing her guitar and sampling other sounds from her computer, and allowing free download and remix of her songs from her website.
Charitable work also plays a major part in Milla's life. She has served as Master of Ceremonies and co-chaired with Elizabeth Taylor for the amfAR and Cinema Against AIDS event at the Venice Film Festival, and has been heavily involved with The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, as well as The Wildlands Project.
For many years Milla Jovovich has been maintaining a healthier lifestyle, practicing yoga and meditation, trying to avoid junk food, and cooking for herself. Since she was a little girl, Milla has been writing a private diary, a habit she learned from her mother. She has been keeping a record of many good and bad facts of her life, her travels, her relationships, and all important ideas and events in her career, planning eventually to publish an autobiography. After dissolution of her two previous marriages, Milla Jovovich became engaged to film director Paul W.S. Anderson; their daughter, Ever Anderson, was born on November 3, 2007. They got married on August 22, 2009. Their second daughter, Dashiel Edan, was born on April 1, 2015.- Actress
- Producer
Ivanna Sakhno was born on 14 November 1997 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an actress and producer, known for Ahsoka (2023), The Reunion (2022) and High Fidelity (2020).- Alec Utgoff is a British actor best known for playing 'Alexei' in the Netflix hit show, 'Stranger Things'. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine. After moving to UK at a young age, Alec pursued acting and attended the prestigious Drama Centre London where he graduated in 2010 after completing his BA and MA degrees. He appeared in numerous Films and TV series including 'Stranger Things', 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit', 'Mission Impossible...' and others...
His parents and his older brother still live in Kiev. Alec's father, Vladimir, is a heart surgeon and his mother, Roza, is a musical conductor. His brother, Alan, is an economist. - Actress
- Writer
- Composer
Yana Oleksandrivna Shemaieva, known professionally as Jerry Heil, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter and YouTuber. She began her career after launching her YouTube channel in 2012, publishing vlogs and musical covers. Heil began her professional music career in 2017, releasing her debut extended play De Miy Dim with Vidlik Records. She later released the single "#OKHRANA_OTMYENA" in 2019, which became a top-five hit in Ukraine. Her debut studio album #YA_YANA was later released in October 2019. Since beginning her YouTube channel, she has accumulated more than 34.9 million views, and 395 thousand subscribers.- Maria Ryaboshapka was born on 10 May 1997 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for Prince (2022), Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story (2021) and Eter (2018).
- Marisha Shine was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is known for Entourage (2015), Teeth and Blood (2015) and Moon Crash (2022).
- Producer
- Production Manager
Alla Belaya is a highly regarded, multi-award winning producer, co-owner of London based production company LightGate Media and service company Malta film service based in Malta. Alla's most recent work "Hounds of War" starring Frank Grillo in the leading role due for release in early 2023. The international sales partner for this film is XYZ.- Eva Shevchenko-Holovko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for Space (2021), Tayemnytsi (2019) and 11 ditey z Morshyna (2018).
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Eugene Slupchuk was born on 21 January 2000 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a director and writer, known for The Roommate (2023), Not the Last Day (2022) and Too Close (2024).- Actor
- Stunts
Alex Santi was born on 16 July 1982 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Shantaram (2022) and Shock Wave 2 (2020).- Actress
Maria is originally from Ukraine, and is a graduate of the National University for Theatre and Cinema Acting in Kyiv. She performed for several years with the Ukrainian National Theatre, before starring in her first feature film RHINO. Directed by by Oleg Sentsov, it went on to win multiple awards on the international film festival circuit. Maria's other previous work includes the fantasy feature film MYRNYI-21 by Akhtem Seitablaev, and an upcoming Polish feature directed by Maciej Slesicki & Filip Hillesland, in which she plays a leading role. Her television work includes: the French TV-series "SENTINELLES" for CANALPLUS; the German comedy series LOVE ADDICTS for Amazon; and the mini-series HIMMEL UND ERD, in which she played the role of 'Jaroslava'. Recently, Maria has been working on a theatre-dance project inspired by Argentinean folk dance. She is trained in contemporary, modern, folk and ballet dance, with a background in rhythmic gymnastics and painting.- Director
- Writer
In the Ukrainian box office, Vlad Klimchuk is the highest-grossing film director. His feature films Crazy Wedding (2018) and Crazy Wedding 2 (2020) were the number one Ukrainian films of the year. Having started as a writer, he became the show runner of How The Style Was Tempered, then mastered his in directing popular comedy movies. However, he freely experiment with other genres in independent shorts, particularly story-driven action and thriller mixes. After the spectacular success of his second feature film, he moved to the US to achieve an MFA in Filmmaking, taking part in the Fullbright Graduate Student Program. Having over ten years of experience in the film industry, Vlad is a member of the European Film Academy, has several features under his belt, and for the last four years has worked in collaboration with FILM.UA, the largest film studio in Eastern Europe.- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Ukrainian film director: After studying in Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema & Television University (Ukraine), graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (Poland). She is married to Mehmet Bahadir Er, as director duo, directed and produced together 3 feature films. Since 2017 Maryna ER Gorbach has been a member of the European Film Academy .- Visual Effects
- Producer
- Executive
Dariya Yaschenko was born on 27 June 1994 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is a producer and executive, known for Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023), Warriors of Future (2022) and The Last Mercenary (2021).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Daria Onyshchenko was born in 1983 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. Daria is a director and writer, known for The Forgotten (2019), Eastalgia (2012) and Malevych.- Director
- Writer
Vera Stroyeva was born on 4 October 1903 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and writer, known for Boris Godunov (1954), Petersburg Nights (1934) and Khovanschina (1959). She was married to Grigoriy Roshal. She died on 26 August 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Daria Zakharova was born on 21 June 1989 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daria is a producer, known for Invisible (2019), Chrysanthemum Day and Koloah: Phenix Polyth (2020).
- Producer
- Writer
Nataliia Vashko is a media executive and producer with over 25 years of experience across six countries. She has launched two TV networks from scratch, including 2x2 in Russia, which introduced iconic animated shows like The Simpsons, South Park, and Adult Swim to a single platform, and PlusPlus in Ukraine, which became the country's leading family channel. Nataliia has also held executive positions for more than 10 years and previously ran an animation production subsidiary in the US, which was later acquired by a social media and camera company. She resides in Switzerland now.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Yan Frenkel was born on 21 November 1920 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was a composer and actor, known for Protiv techeniya (1981), Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968) and Begushchaya po volnam (1967). He died on 25 August 1989 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Oleksii Shamin is a renowned creative professional from Ukraine with expertise in filmmaking and post-production. He has already made a name for himself in the industry by editing over 11 feature films (including 4 documentaries), 18 short films, and dozens of promotional and commercial videos.
His work has been recognized both nationally and internationally and has received numerous nominations and awards at film festivals all over the world. Some of the highlights include:- In 2022, his feature film "How is Katya?" won two prizes at the Locarno Film Festival.
- In 2020, his feature film "Mother of Apostles" won more than 65 international awards.
- In 2017, his feature documentary "Slovo House" was named the Best Ukrainian Documentary of 2018.
- Oleg Kokhan is a Ukrainian theater and film producer, and founder of the SOTA Cinema Group. Producer of films participating in and winning at the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Rome, Toronto, and other international film festivals.
Producer of feature films by Kira Muratotva, Roman Balayan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Otar Iosseliani, Serhiy Loznitsa, Kirill Mikhanovsky.
He is the author of the idea and general producer of the anthology film 'War Through the Eyes of Animals'. - Vladimir Zelenko was born on 27 November 1973 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was married to Rinat Zelenko. He died on 30 June 2022 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Aleksandr Kryzhanovskiy was born on 13 October 1957 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Evilenko (2003) and Bucha (2024). He was married to Tamara Plashenko. He died on 21 November 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Mikhail Fedorchenko was born on 19 April 1992 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Shlyakhetni volotsyuhi (2018), Sniffer (2013) and Hide and Seek (2019). He has been married to Julia Kyryllova since 12 May 2015.
- Actress
- Writer
Lena Liebkind was born in 1985 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an actress and writer, known for Fraueng'schichten (2020), Almania (2021) and Stand up for Art (2022).- Writer
- Showrunner
- Director
Artem is a Ukrainian director, scriptwriter and show runner known for series like The Sniffer (available on on Amazon Prime) and most recently Against All Odds. Artem graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine in Kyiv. He worked on a couple of feature films for Ukrainian production companies and from 2011 till 2019 he has been writing and directing a successful Ukrainian series The Sniffer (sold to over 75 territories worldwide, format adapted in Japan). since the war began, Artem has written and directed Against All Odds (2023), a documentary about the invasion, and Those Who Stayed (2023), a TV series about people who chose not to flee the war.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Vladimir Shainskiy was born on December 12, 1925 in Kiev in a Jewish family. Since 1936, he studied violin at the music school, a ten-year school at the Kiev Conservatory, but the war that broke out interrupted his studies, and in 1941 the family was evacuated to Tashkent. Vladimir continued his musical education at the Tashkent Conservatory, where he studied until 1943, when he was called to the Red Army. He served in the regiment of communications in Central Asia, where he began to write music. After the war in 1945, Vladimir Shainsky entered the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovskiy for orchestra faculty. From 1949 to 1952 he worked in the orchestra of Leonid Utyosov. Then he taught in the violin class at the music school (1952-1954), and in the period from 1954 to 1962 he worked as an orchestrator, composer, music director of various variety orchestras. He lived and worked in Moscow until 2000. Since 2000 he lived in Israel, in 2004 he moved to the United States in San Diego, where he received a residence permit. For a long time he lived in two countries, Russia and the United States. Since 2013 he lived permanently in the USA. He passed away on December 25, 2017 in the United States.- Alex Avvakumov was born September 15, 1989 in Riga, Latvia.
Alex was raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. He took his first step toward acting at the age of 18.
Alex starred in such famous ukrainian tv-series as "Realnaya Mistika".
He also starred in Calum Scott music video "You are the reason"
His favorite sports include jogging, rock climbing, and snowboarding. - Director
- Writer
- Producer
Eugene Deslaw was born on 8 December 1898 in Kyiv, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. Eugene was a director and writer, known for Vision fantastique (1957), Chantaje (1946) and Por el gran premio (1947). Eugene died on 10 September 1966 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya was born on 24 December 1908 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for V chetverg i bolshe nikogda (1978), Uchitel tantsev (1952) and Watch Out for the Automobile (1966). She died on 3 November 1980 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dmitriy Kapka was born on 7 November 1898 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Bountiful Summer (1951), Zvyozdy na krylyakh (1955) and Ch. P. - Chrezvychainoe proisshestvie (1958). He died on 25 October 1977 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Mikhail Slutsky was born on 19 July 1907 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Boyevoy kinosbornik 5 (1941), Kvitucha Ukraina (1950) and V odin prekrasnyy den (1956). He died on 23 June 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Sound Department
Semyon Litvinov was born on 14 April 1929 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He is known for Solaris (1972), The Promised Heaven (1991) and Mirror (1975). He died on 13 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia.- Shray Mecham was born on 22 May 1958 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Oskar Sandler was born on 26 January 1910 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Aktrisa (1943), Belaya roza (1943) and Secret Agent (1947). He died on 30 May 1981 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Izrail Goldshtein was born on 2 February 1918 in Kiev, Ukrainian People's Republic [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. Izrail was a cinematographer, known for The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (1943), Pobeda na Pravoberezhnoy Ukraine i izgnanie nemetsikh zakhvatchikov za predely ukrainskikh sovietskikh zemel (1945) and Ukraine in Flames (1943). Izrail died on 17 February 2003 in Kiyv, Ukraine.- Pavlo Vlasenko was born on 6 December 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Martha (2022) and Lonely in the Great (2022).
- Anastasiia Alieksieieva was born in December 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Anastasiia is a writer, known for Dead Lilies (2021), Trust Nobody (2021) and Fair Play (2021).
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Leonid Kanter was born on 27 July 1981 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Myth (2018), The Ukrainians (2015) and Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017). He died on 4 June 2018 in Obyrok.- Elena Stavitskaya was born on 7 April 1961 in Kyiv, USSR. She is an actress, known for Dama s popugaem (1988), I prekrasnyy mig pobedy (1984) and Khippiniada abo materik kokhannya (1997).
- Sound Department
- Music Department
- Composer
Mr. Yegor Irodov has over 20 years of experience doing sound for film and TV, and he has been a musician for over 36 years, specializing in composing and arranging film scores. Yegor has been working at "Star Media Group" as the Head of the Sound Department for the last 10 years and he has done sound for over 150 credits, the combined time of which is over two thousand hours. He is a Member and Juror of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (International Emmy Awards), International Voting Membership Friend of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, a Juror of Banff World Media Festival, Goodwill Ambassador of the Views of the World Film and Music Festival, Montreal, Canada, Associate Member of the Vancouver Post Alliance. For many years, Mr. Irodov has been constantly working with musicians from all over the world.- Lidiya Shpara was born on 26 March 1937 in Oliva, Ivankov Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ivankiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Obgonyayushchaya veter (1959), Oni ne proydut (1965) and Kai susilieja upes (1961). She died on 21 May 2006 in Moscow, Russia.
- Ivan Denysenko was born on 3 September 1983 in Vasilkov, Kyiv region, Ukraine. He was an actor, known for Under Electric Clouds (2015), The Stronghold (2017) and Match (2012). He died on 5 August 2017 in Haapsalu, Estonia.
- Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva was born on 8 January 1915 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She is a writer, known for NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949), War and Peace (1991) and La guerre et la paix (2000). She was previously married to Sergei Prokofiev.
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy was born on 1 July 1958 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a director and writer, known for Stranger (2019), Space (2021) and My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan (2016).- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Location Management
Sashko Chubko was born on 10 July 1990 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a producer, known for La Palisiada (2023), Dad's Sneakers (2021) and Foxter & Max (2019).- Director
- Producer
Sergii Chebotarenko was born May 26th, 1984, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Over the course of 10 years, Sergii has gone from commercials to feature films.
His first feature, Pulse (2020). The film's plot is based on a real story of Oksana Boturchuk, a Ukrainian track-and-field athlete and Paralympic champion of 2008, five-time silver and bronze winner at Summer Paralympics of 2008, 2012 and 2016.- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
- Camera and Electrical Department
Aleksei Pankratyev was born on 13 November 1903 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer, known for Troye s odnoy ulitsy (1936), The Self-Seeker (1929) and Mirabo (1930). He died on 8 July 1983 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Writer
- Soundtrack
Arkadi Garzman was born on 1 May 1947 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was a writer, known for Niepruchi (2010), Sorochinskaya yarmarka (2004) and Tango lyubvi (2006). He died on 23 June 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Evgeniya Solodovnik was born in October 2009 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for Carol of the Bells (2022), A Ring with a Ruby (2018) and Po zakonam voennogo vremeni 2 (2018).