Vasili Pichul

Vasili Vladimirovich Pichul (Russian: Васи́лий Влади́мирович Пи́чул; 15 June 1961 – 26 July 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, best known for his film Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, "Malenkaya Vera" in Russian), released in 1988.^[1] His film How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Vasili Pichul
Born	(1961-06-15)15 June 1961 Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	26 July 2015(2015-07-26) (aged 54) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1985-2015
Notable work	Little Vera (1988)

He died of lung cancer.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Little Vera (1988)
• How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989)

References

1. Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 531–533. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
2. "Festival de Cannes: How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
3. "Скончался режиссер фильма "Маленькая Вера" Василий Пичул - ТАСС".

External links

• Vasili Pichul at IMDb