Directing
Vyacheslav Bihun
UK, EN, XX cinema · 32 credits
Also known as Славик Бигун · Vyacheslav Bihun · Slavik Bihun · Вячеслав Бигун
Vyacheslav Bihun is a Ukrainian film director and legal philosopher. Educated at leading universities in Ukraine and abroad, Dr. Bihun, prior to turning to filmmaking, worked as a lawyer at the European Court in Strasbourg. He was later trained as a film director at the Sorbonne (adaptation of fiction and political cinema) and Baltic Film School. The filmmaker, active from 2013-14, shot films in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and France, nominated at over 150 film festivals, and celebrated with over 100 awards. He's well known for his active promotion of Ukrainian cinema. Bihun supported the release of his colleague, Oleg Sentsov, by joining him for 17 days in solidarity for a hunger strike. He’s one of the founders and chairman of the Directors Guild of Ukraine, which is the voice of film directors in Ukraine.
Known for
Filmography
Ukraine on Trial
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Superficio
Director, Writer
Tulipa
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Unforgotten. Ruslan
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Zirka
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Duma about Justice
Editor, Cinematography, Director, Producer, Writer
Last Shooting
2023
Last Shooting
Director, Writer
Aeternus
Screenplay, Editor, Cinematography, Director
Light and Shadows. Ivan Chendej
Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Magnificus
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Camera Operator
I Am Tyachiv
Director, Writer
Many summers. Stable
Director
Fatalis
Director, Writer, Sound, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
Verdict 19
Director
Moro
Director
Strong in Spirit
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Last Soldier
Director
The Heart of Mother Gongadze
Director, Writer
Passion
Director, Writer
Closest to God
Director
A Letter to Tarkovsky
Director, Writer
Marusia
Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
Angel City
Director, Writer
Lady and Bread
Director, Writer
I Am Her
Director
Mother. In the Name of Millions
Director, Writer
Sanctuarium
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Penalty of Justice
Screenplay, Director
Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of Cinema
Director, Writer