Svetlana Yurievna Baskova (Russian: Светлана Юрьевна Баскова; born 25 May 1965,[1] Moscow) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and painter.

Svetlana Baskova
Born
Svetlana Yurievna Baskova

(1965-05-25) 25 May 1965 (age 59)
Alma materMoscow Architectural Institute
Occupation(s)screenwriter
filmmaker
painter
Years active1995–present
SpouseAnatoly Osmolovsky

Biography

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Svetlana Baskova[2] was born 25 May 1965 in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1989. Since 1996 she has been making video and movies.[3]

Her first movie, Cocky - Running Doctor was filmed in 1998. The film was produced by renowned artist and director Oleg Mavromatti.

Baskova is perhaps most famous for her 1999 psychedelic exploitation horror film The Green Elephant. The film has gradually gained a cult following due to the large number of scenes of violence, necrophilia and coprophilia.[4][5] It has also become the subject of internet memes, fan-made music videos and YouTube poops.

Svetlana's next films: Five Bottles of Vodka and The Head became less surreal, but still contained a lot of dark humor, obscene language and psychedelic scenes.

In 2010, filming began for the film For Marx, about the struggle between the independent workers' trade union and the "New Russians".[6][7][8] The premiere screening took place at the "Khudozhestvenny" cinema in Ulyanovsk.

Since 2011, she has been the director of the Baza Institute, created jointly by her husband Anatoly Osmolovsky.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Svetlana Baskova". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Виктор Нехезин. Светлана Баскова и Сергей Пахомов: Пара снов для протокола". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Отсчет утопленников". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Светлана Баскова". www.drugoi-rusart.narod.ru. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Роттердам - 2005. Пустой дом". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ "О чём кино «За Маркса…»". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Обсуждение фильма Светланы Басковой «За Маркса…»". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ Лилия Немченко. В ожидании Маркса. «За Маркса…», режиссёр Светлана Баскова. «Искусство кино», 2012, № 8, АВГУСТ. Archived 2014-08-06 at the Wayback Machine // kinoart.ru Проверено 31.07.2014 г.
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