Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born film director, screenwriter, film producer and member of the European Film Academy. His father Andrei Khrzhanovsky (b. 1939) is one of the top Russian animation directors, and his mother Mariya Neyman, a philologist and script editor. He is the grandson of artist and actor (1905—1987). In 2006 Khrzhanovsky launched the DAU project and has since been producing and directing films and other products for it. Since 2007 Khrzhanovsky has permanently resided outside of Russia, in Germany, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. In March 2014 he signed the open letter “We are with you!” issued by the Russian Film Union KinoSoyuz in support of Ukraine, and since February 2022 has consistently opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From 2020 to present Khrzhanovsky has worked as the Artistic Director of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. As of March 2022, he is in Israel. Early career Khrzhanovsky attended the Bonn Academy of Fine Arts (1992–1993) and the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (1998) (VGIK). His directorial debut was the stage production of What I Feel () at the Kukart Festival at Peterhof in 1997. In 1998 he co-directed together with Artyom Mikhalkov the short movie Stop (). Between 1998 and 2002, Khrzhanovsky worked as a director and producer in commercial advertising and created The List of Lovers of the RF for the Russian TNT Channel, a series directed by leading Russian movie directors. In 2003, the project was included in the Berlin International Film Festival programme, as well as other notable Russian and international film festivals. Phenomen Companies and Paper Soldier In 2005 Khrzhanovsky co-founded Phenomen Films production company. Phenomen Films developed and produced the critically acclaimed film Paper Soldier (2008) by Aleksei German Jr, that won among others the Silver Lion for Best Direction and Golden Osella for Best Cinematography at the 65th Venice Film Festival. It was also nominated for European Cinematographer at the European Film Awards. In 2009 Khrzhanovsky co-founded Phenomen-Ukraine and in 2010 co-founded Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH (Germany). 4 Khrzhanovsky directed the film 4 earning him several awards including a Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, Best Director Prize at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Grand Jury Prize as Best New Director at the Seattle International Film Festival, Best Film and Best Camera Prize at