Andrey Shalyopa
Andrey Shalyopa
Film director, actor, screenwriter
Andrey Shalyopa was born on February 19, 1972 in St. Petersburg. In 1998 he graduated from the St. Petersburg State Economic University. He changed several professions and as a result became a screenwriter, realizing his childhood dream.
He made his debut in cinema in 2008 with the movie "Catch a witch" - a horror film with elements of black humor, in which he acted as a director, screenwriter, producer and performer of the main role. He wrote scripts for films and serials: "Squat", "Love and 1000 trifles", "Red", "The word of a woman", "Cherkizon. Disposable people "and to a number of others.
In 2009 he wrote a screenplay for the film about the Panfilov heroes. When preparing the script for more than a year, it was spent studying historical materials, searching for reliable sources to recreate the picture of events. The lack of sponsors and state support forced the creators to use croweding - in 2013, the film "28 Panfilovites" collected on Boomstarter 3 3,191,595 rubles, becoming one of the most successful crowed-fandering projects in Russian cinematography. The film was released in the rental on November 24, 2016 and was named the best film of 2016 according to a poll by VTCIOM.
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