Yelena Trofimenko
Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko (born March 20, 1964) is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet.
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| Born | Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko 20 March 1964 Minsk, USSR |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Known for | authors cinematograph (moviemaking) |
| Spouse(s) | Leonid Tereshko (1961-present) |
Biography
Yelena was born on March, 20, in Minsk, Belarus. Father- Nicolay Antonovich Trofimenko (Mar 9, 1936- Dec 12, 2000) – welder, mother – Vera Lukinichna Trofimenko (Sep 5, 1937 – present). Graduated from Minsk high school № 74 with French language. During the period from 1982 to 1989 Yelena worked at Belarusian Television. She directed and produced several films during this time. In 1989 she was admitted to (Belarusian State Academy of Arts), to the first historical school for directors of story films in Belarus, which was established by Victor Turov. Yelena graduated with summa cum laude in 1994. In 1994 Yelena won in competition and earned training in French school - Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques- FEMIS, Paris (École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son). Yelena received a grant from French Government and directed a documentary, and earned diploma-certificate.
In 1996 Elena has become a director at film studio «Belarusfilm» . In 1998 came out her first full-length film «Falling upward». Yelena was directing action films and documentary at creative association “BelVideoCenter”.
In 1996 Yelena Trofimenko has become a member of Belarusian Union of cinematographers. In 1998 – the member of Board of Directors. Yelena is a founder, originator, and artistic director of creative studio “Youth Studio XXI ” («Belarusfilm», 2002).[1] “Festival of one film” was created at this Studio.
«Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko is going on the road of cinematograph, called metaphoric or associative. She writes poetry and creates art drawings.»(A. Bobkova, film critic, article in the "Belarusian Cinema: young directors," Minsk, 1999)
Yelena is married to Leonid Tereshko (Mar, 5 1961) – cameraman at First National Channel (Belarus). Son was born in 1987, Yaroslav.
In 2012, Yelena created a collection of poems and reproductions - "The Book" by Yelena Trofimenko.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Genre | Role | Prize and rewards |
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| 1986 | Memory and conscience | documentary | director, screenwriter | |
| 1989 | Life | video- novel | director, screenwriter, actress | |
| 1991 | Birds are still singing... | course play movie work | director, screenwriter | Movie participated in Women’s International Film and Arts festival, Germany, 1992 |
| 1992 | Hell is... | course play movie work (adaptation of a play “No Exit” or sometime known as “Behind closed doors” by Jean-Paul Sartre | director, screenwriter | |
| 1993 | The Judgment | final graduation work (by Franz Kafka) | director, screenwriter, actress | The movie has participated in festival “Youth” in Kiev, Ukraine, 1994. |
| 1994 | Rendezvous | final work, documentary, FEMIS | director | |
| 1995–1996 | The Box Man | 5 author’s television programs, talk-show hostess | producer, director, anchor | |
| 1996 | Help | documentary | director, producer, screenwriter | |
| 1997 | Svetlana | documentary | director | |
| 1998 | Falling upward | play movie | director, producer, screenwriter | has received jury diploma – "For debut and artistic quest in genre of modern fairytale movie making";
Prize of Belarusian foundation of culture development – "For ingenuity of director’s vision" in Minsk, Belarus, 1999; – V Women’s International Film and Arts festival 1999; diploma – “For successful combination of a fantasy world with reality, for efficacious employment of computer graphics in movie making” – with regards to the author to continue this experiment XXIX Festival, Lagov, Poland, 1999; film participated in the II All-Russia festival of visual arts "Eaglet" in Tuapse, Russia, 1998; also participated in the International Film Festival in Cottbus, Germany, 1998. |
| 2000 | Eclectic-show | mega-clip | director, screenwriter | |
| 2004 | The fear | Short | director | prize "Golden Knight" in the category - shorties MCC "Golden Knight" (in the anthology "The territory of the resistance") |
| 2005 | Dreams of Eli | documentary | director of the filming reconstructions |
Performances
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1990 | Testament Rodin | author, director, actress | student performance on Auguste Rodin |
| 1991 | The Good Soldier Švejk | author, director, actress | student performance on Jaroslav Hašek |
| 1991 | The Box Man | author, director, actress | student performance on Kōbō Abe |
| 1992 | Leaf litter | author, director, actress | student performance on Vasily Rozanov |
| 1992 | Demons | author, director, actress | student performance on Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| 1993 | Chairs | author, director, actress | diploma performance on Eugène Ionesco |
| 2004 | Reading Kharms | author, director | performance on D. Harms in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov) |
| 2004 | Bald singer | author, director | performance on Eugène Ionesco in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov);
prize at the XI Festival of Francophone Theatre in Minsk, 2004 |
| 2005 | Against AIDS | author, director | performance in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov) |
| 2006 | The Human voice | author, director | performance in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov), written by Jean Cocteau |
References
- Anna Sahdrina (12 March 2011). "This strange object of dreams" (in Russian). «Sovetskaya Belorussia». Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- Yelena Trofimenko (2012-01-26). ""The Book" by Yelena Trofimenko" (in Russian). issuu.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.