Name: Alexander Cherney, Director and Director of Photography
Education:
1972-1977 M.A. in Cinema and Television Film from VGIK – the Academy of
Cinema – Moscow
1990 Seminar in “Publicity and Art” – Moscow
1993 Symposium “Film in Israel” – Tel Aviv
1994 Television Course at MATAV – Cable Television, Israel
1995 Course in Israeli Film – Jerusalem
Work Experience:
22/03/08 Presentation of feature Film “An Inflated Heart” at the Tel- Aviv Cinematheque
2008 Feature Film, “An Inflated Heart” (120 minutes)
June 2005 Presentation of feature Film “Attraction” at the Culture centre, Jerusalem
2003-2005 Feature Film, “Attraction” (75 minutes)
Documentary Film, “A Special Village” (filming stage, 70 min.)
Feb. 2003 Channel 10 Israel TV broadcast about me and my work on the
program, “Castles in the Air”
2003 Documentary – “Before” (27 minutes)
2002 Animated Film – “The Evil Wizard” (10 minutes)
2001 Animated Film – “More Precious than Gold: (6 minutes)
Broadcast on Channel 1, Israeli Educational TV
1998-2000 Publicity Films for NTV (Russian TV Channel)
1998 Produced Film to celebrate Israel’s 50th Anniversary, “Israel and I”
1997 Produced and Filmed film, “The Beauty of Elderly Faces”
April 4, 1996 Radio Play, “A Late Echo” broadcast by the Voice of Israel
1996 Produced and Filmed, “Winter in Israel” (Studio RIF)
May, 1995 Participated as Cameraman for live BBC broadcasts of
Israeli Prime Ministerial election
1995 Cameraman for action film, “Prodania” at the Givat Haviva Studio
Broadcast on Israeli TV – Channel 2
Sept. 21, 1994 Presentation of Action Film (1970 – 1975 years, Odessa ) at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque
House – Tel Aviv
1993-94 Wrote screenplay and directed “Stained Glass” (30 minutes)
Broadcast on Cable TV, Israel
1993-94 “Anima Studios” – Director of Photography for ”Big Songs for
Little Ones” and publicity films
30 March 1993 Repatriation to Israel
List of Festival Participation and Awards
2009 Feature Film, “An Inflated Heart”, (120 minutes) “The Jewish Eye” Film Festival,
Ashkelon, Israel
2005 Feature Film, “Attraction”, (75 minutes) “The Jewish Eye” Film Festival,
Be’er Sheva, Israel
2004 Animated short, “More Precious than Gold”, Warsaw Jewish Film
Festival (April 2004) Warsaw, Poland
2003 Documentary, “Before”, screenings in Mexico and Budapest (with the
participation of Keren Hayesod)
2004 “More Precious than Gold” and “The Evil Wizard” shown at “The Sixth
Wolgin Jewish Film Festival” (1/08/2004)
2002- “The Evil Wizard”, Film Festival in Murrieta, California, March, 2003
2003 Awarded Best Foreign Entry Prize – 2003
“Animated Cinema-2003” Festival, Waterloo, Canada
2001 “More Precious than Gold” ASIFA Animation Festival, Tel-Aviv
Cinematheque
2002 Festival in Murrieta, California, Awarded Best Foreign Entry Prize
22nd Annual Jewish Film Festival – San Francisco, California
5th Annual Religion Today Film Festival, Trento, Italy
“Special Mention Prize” October, 2002
13th Annual Jewish Film Festival, San Diego, California
1990 “Humanistic Education”, Educational Film Festival, Moscow
Awarded 1st Prize
1979 “Summer Has Come” Winner of Grand Prize “The Golden Ship” Award at UNESCO International Film Festival , Varna
