Kirill Sokolov

Kirill Sergeevich Sokolov Russian ?????? ????????? ??????? born 9 June 1989 Leningrad is a Russian filmmaker The talents of versatile Russian writerdirector Kirill Sokolov were brought to the attention of Western audiences via the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia in 2018 A riotous actionfilled black comedy Sokolovs debut film Why Dont You Just Die draws upon the cinematic styles of his favorite directors Sergio Leone Martin McDonagh Park Chanwook Martin Scorsese and of course Quentin Tarantino Although his first fulllength feature film is distinctly Russian uniquely characterized as a Westernstyle action film playing out within the confines of a Moscow apartment Sokolov endeavors to tell a universal story that international audiences will still be able to relate to Sokolov was born in 1989 in Saint Petersburg Russia In 2012 he received a masters degree in the Physics and Technology of Nanostructures However even as he worked to complete his degree in Physics he began making short films with his friends initially using just ketchup as blood Inspired by films such as The Good The Bad and The Ugly Evil Dead 2 Oldboy and Kill Bill Sokolov discovered that he had both a love and a talent for dark comedy a genre which has yet to gain popularity in Russia In 2013 when Sokolovs filmmaking hobby started to consume all of his time he enrolled in a program for Advanced Courses for Film Directors and Scriptwriters VKSR at the workshop of V Khotinenko P Finn and V Fenchenko In 2015 he successfully defended his diploma with the short film The Flame In addition to his debut film Why Dont You Just Die Sokolov has edited several Russian fulllength feature films written several fulllength screenplays and directed music videos and commercials