Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor.
16 Facts About Yuri Bykov
Yuri Bykov is best known for directing the films The Major, The Fool and the TV series The Method.
Yuri Bykov was born on August 15,1981, in Novomichurinsk, Ryazan Oblast.
Approximately for 12 years, Yuri Bykov lived only with his mother.
Yuri Bykov was fond of literature, wrote stories and poems in a local newspaper, went to music school, played in music groups, worked as an arranger in a local studio.
Yuri Bykov was a good student at school, but from the ninth grade his grades dropped due to the loss of interest in studies and focus on creativity.
In 2005 Yuri Bykov graduated from the acting department of VGIK.
Yuri Bykov played small roles in films and television series.
The film was shot using 150 thousand rubles, which Yuri Bykov previously planned to invest in his training at the directing faculty of the VGIK from Vadim Abdrashitov, where he was accepted twice.
In 2010 Yuri Bykov made his feature film debut with the film To Live.
Yuri Bykov was the director of the series "Stanitsa", but left directly from the set due to creative differences.
Yuri Bykov refused to participate in the shooting of the second season because he wanted to concentrate on making more auteur films.
Yuri Bykov noted in an interview that is not interested in seeing the movie because the story became drastically simplified and the film's tone became overly patriotic.
Yuri Bykov pointed out that to the best of his knowledge the film was completely re-shot, with the possible exception of one scene that could not be repeated because of unrestorable scenery.
Yuri Bykov founded the Koda film company in 2016 to significantly reduce the cost of administering his own auteur films and gaining more overall control over the filming process.
On 13 October 2017, Yuri Bykov announced that he has betrayed the progressive generation and that he will take an indefinite hiatus from directing, but will still finish his work on The Guard, which was released in 2019.