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Darya Zhuk

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 04/26/1980 (44) | Minsk, USSR (Belarus)

Belarus-born award-winning film director Darya Zhuk has been obsessing over filmmaking long enough to see her short films selected at SXSW, Tarkovsky, Oaxaca, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Koroche, Santa Fe Independent film festivals, to name a few. She is a graduate of Columbia University MFA program in Directing. Darya lives and creates between Minsk and Brooklyn. In 2015, she won the best female writer/director award from New York Women in Film and Television for her short film The Real American. Her feature debut Crystal Swan screened in the East of the West Competition at Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 and won the Grand Prix at the Odesa International Film Festival.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

After a rare diagnosis, Lily's attempts to flee from war torn Israel are thwarted when the airport shuts down and her zany cousin forces her to party. ...

What Doesn't Kill You

Certification unknown

2015 | 3.5/5 | 17min
Comedy, Drama
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Minsk, Belarus, 1996. Velya, an aspiring DJ, wants to move to Chicago to make her dreams come true, but bureaucracy, a phone line and the human condition will put obstacles in her way that will be dif ...

Crystal Swan

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2018 | 3.5/5 | 1h 34min
Drama
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Russian exchange student Alya struggles to fit into what it means to be an American teenage girl in 1994 when she realizes her host father has a crush on her. ...

The Real American

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2015 | 4.0/5 | 12min
Drama, Comedy
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An anthology series that goes beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring and surprising stories of immigrants in America at a time when they are more relevant than ever. ...

Little America

TV-14

2020 | 3.5/5 | 30min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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Movies with Darya Zhuk as Crew(16)

Directing/Director2023 Our Breasts Are Our Weapons: The History of the Femen Movement
Editing/Additional Editor2020 The Long Breakup
Directing/Director2018 Crystal Swan
Writing/Co-Writer2018 Crystal Swan
Directing/Director2015 What Doesn't Kill You
Directing/Director2015 The Real American
Writing/Screenplay2015 The Real American
Directing/Director2014 Eat the Tourists
Writing/Screenplay2014 Eat the Tourists
Directing/Director2013 Wax
Writing/Screenplay2013 Wax
Directing/Director2011 The Air Inside Her
Writing/Screenplay2011 The Air Inside Her
Directing/Director2011 Half-Life
Writing/Screenplay2011 Half-Life
Production/Producer2008 A Film about Anna Akhmatova

TV Shows/Series with Darya Zhuk as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2021 The Premise
Directing/Director2019 Russian Affairs

Additional Information

Official websites:
daryazhuk.com
Facebook
Citizenship: Belarus
Born: Saturday, 04/26 1980 (April) in Minsk, USSR (Belarus) (current age: 44 years + 1 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Member of: Belarusian Independent Film Academy
Other names for Darya Zhuk (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Дарья Жук"
"Daria Zhuk"
"Daria Jouk"
Darya Zhuk frequently works together with these people:
B.J. Novak (5x, Actor)
Konstantin Bogomolov (5x, Crew)
Katya Soldak (5x, Cast)
Konstantin Lavronenko (3x, Actor)
Vera Dorduk (3x, Crew)
Olga Lvoff (3x, Crew)
Niv Klainer (2x, Crew)
Jessica Bennett (2x, Crew)
Guy V. Cimbalo (2x, Cast)
Helga Landauer (2x, Crew)
Olga Goister (2x, Crew)
Alexandra Lerman (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:469542, Added: 09/29/2018, Last updated: 04/23/2024