Konstantin Fam
Russian film director, producer and screenwriter
Konstantin Kong-Takovich Fam (Russian: Константин Конг-Такович Фам, born 13 July 1972) is a Ukrainian-born independent director, producer, and screenwriter. His film "Shoes", a tribute to the memory of Holocaust victims, was the only Russian short movie nominated for the Academy Awards in 2013.
Early life
Konstantin Fam was born in the town of Pervomayskiy in Kharkiv oblast in Ukrainian SSR. His father, Nguyen (Pham) Kong Tak, a Vietnamese veteran of guerilla wars. After he sought political asylum in the Soviet Union, he was not allowed to live in big cities and the family was under the constant KGB supervision. Fam's mother, Svetlana Naumovna Malkina, was Jewish. The majority of her relatives perished in the Holocaust, and she has been hiding her Jewishness throughout her whole life. His parents' stories influenced Konstantin's creative world outlook.
Konstantin lived in the town of Pervomayskiy until the age of 15 and then entered the Dnipropetrovsk State Theatre School for the Puppetry Arts. Initially, he wished to be in acting classes as puppetry was considered to be a less prestigious theatre form. However, Fam admitted years later that his specialty provided him with the extensive experience in the construction of music, staging, as well as in the ability to animate inanimate objects.
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