Russian writer
Vasily Stepanov |
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Born | Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov (1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43)
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Occupation(s) | film critic, editor |
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Known for | Seans |
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Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov (Russian: Васи́лий Евге́ньевич Степа́нов; born in 1981) is a Russian cinema critic, journalist, columnist; since 2020 — chief editor of Seans magazine.
Stepanov was born in Leningrad, he is a St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium graduate and a SPBU alumni.[1] He started his career as an editor of the cinema review section at Kalendar magazine, in 2006 he became an editor at Seans.[2] Stepanov started writing for this publication much earlier, at the age of 21.[3]
Stepanov wrote for Kommersant-Weekend, Russian Reporter, Empire, Afisha, and others.[4]
In 2019, Stepanov released Bergman, a book of critical essays and analytics, dedicated to the famous director.[5][6] He also writes poetry.[7] In 2014, he was a member of jury at the St Petersburg Video Poetry Festival.[8][9]
In 2020, Stepanov took over as Seans chief editor when its founder Lyubov Arkus resigned after a defamation scandal.[10][11]
In 2021, Stepanov co-authored a book Screenlife. Searching for new language in cinema. In 2022, he released a book about a prominent Soviet and Russian director Rustam Khamdamov.[12][13]
In March 2022, Stepanov signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
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