Ignatiy Igorevich Vishnevetsky is a Russian-American film critic, essayist, and columnist.
14 Facts About Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky was born in Moscow, the son of Russian poet Igor Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has said that his paternal ancestors were Don Cossacks, and he is of Polish descent through his maternal ancestry.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky moved to the United States at the age of eight, following his parents' divorce.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky lived with his father, stepmother, and stepbrother in Decatur, Georgia, and, four years later, relocated to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Wauwatosa East High School and then moved to Chicago, where he briefly attended Columbia College Chicago, studying film directing.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky was involved in a screening space called North Western Avenue, whose participants later co-founded the film website Cine-File.
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In 2006, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky wrote and directed a 45-minute short film; he served as the film's editor and cinematographer.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky published a film zine called Zero for Conduct before joining the NYU-based film journal Tisch Film Review and then MUBI.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky replaced critic Elvis Mitchell, who had appeared in the show's pilot but left the production for undisclosed reasons.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky directed a short film, Ellie Lumme, which premiered in 2014.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has described himself as "more of an optimist for the future of cinema than for the future of movies", stating that in his view the two were not synonymous.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky compiled his list by writing 90 of his favorite titles on scraps of paper and then drawing ten from a bowl.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has retained his Russian citizenship, and obtained American citizenship in 2017.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky married Theresa Roberts, a sculptor and installation artist, in January 2011.