Vasili Pichul

{{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = | name = Vasili Pichul | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|6|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|07|26|1961|6|15|df=y}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | othername = | occupation = Film director<br />Screenwriter | yearsactive = 1985-2015 | notable_works = Little Vera {{small|(1988)}} }} '''Vasili Vladimirovich Pichul''' ({{langx|ru|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|isbn=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=531–533}}</ref> 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.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/205/year/1990.html |title=Festival de Cannes: How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea |access-date=2009-08-08|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

He died of lung cancer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tass.ru/kultura/2144427 | title=Скончался режиссер фильма "Маленькая Вера" Василий Пичул - ТАСС }}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Little Vera'' (1988) * ''How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea'' (1989)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0681695|Vasili Pichul}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pichul, Vasili}} Category:1961 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Soviet film directors Category:Russian film directors Category:Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"