Oleg Negin

{{Infobox person | name = Oleg Negin | image = | caption= | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|02|df=yes}}<ref name="Sundance">{{cite web |url=http://press.sundance.org/38343%3Fformat%3Dpdf%26press%3D1 |last= |first= |title=Elena |publisher=Sundance Institute |accessdate=24 June 2018 |p=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110151917/http://press.sundance.org/38343?format=pdf&press=1 |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Screenwriter<br>Novelist |alma mater = | years_active = | awards = Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award }} '''Oleg Negin''' (born 2 July 1970) is a Russian screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Moscow.<ref name="Sundance"/>

Negin's novels include ''П.Ушкин'' and ''Кипарис во дворе'', published in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2484988 |last=Arkhangelsky |first=Andrei |title=Мы и есть союз интеллигенции и рабочего класса |work=Kommersant |date=2014 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |language=Russian }}</ref> In film, he became a collaborator with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, and at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival their ''Leviathan'' won the Best Screenplay Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-leviathan-russian-filmmaker-andrey-zvyagintsevs-award-winning-anti-putin-cannes-film |last=Porton |first=Richard |title=Inside ‘Leviathan’: Russian Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Award-Winning Anti-Putin Cannes Film |work=The Daily Beast |date=27 May 2014 |accessdate=24 June 2018 }}</ref> For their 2017 film ''Loveless'', Negin and Zvyagintsev were jointly nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cabeza|first=Elisabet|date=4 November 2017|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/the-square-leads-2017-european-film-awards-nominations/5123967.article|title='The Square' leads 2017 European Film Awards nominations|work=Screen Daily |publisher=Screen International|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography== Negin's films include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bda9a6ed7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013073730/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bda9a6ed7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |title=Oleg Negin |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=24 June 2018 }}</ref> * ''The Banishment'' (2007) * ''Elena'' (2011) * ''Leviathan'' (2014) * ''Loveless'' (2017)

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