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  "description": "Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly.\n\nRodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko.\n\nFilms produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member.\n\nRodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless.\n\nAmong other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years.\n\nVariety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
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