Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev ( ; born 6 February 1964 ) is a Russian film director and screenwriter . He is best known for his film '' The Return '' ( 2003 ) , which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . Following '' The Return '' , Zvyagintsev directed '' The Banishment '' and '' Elena '' ( 2011 ) . His film '' Leviathan '' ( 2014 ) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014 and won the Best Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards . His most recent film '' Loveless '' won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , and was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards . He also won the Achievement in Directing award for this film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Andrey Zvyagintsev