Nadezhda Kozhushanaya

Nadezhda Pavlovna Kozhushanaya (; 15 March 1952 in Sverdlovsk – 15 January 1997 in Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian screenwriter and writer. Nadezhda said: "I live and write with love to my crazy time". She was a philologist and a musician by education, a playwright by vocation. Although she died at the age of 44, she was referred to as "The most gifted screenwriter of the perestroika epoch".

Biography and creative work

Childhood Nadezhda Kozhushanaya (Yamshanova) was born in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). Her father was Pavel Ivanovich Yamshanov (the Chief Engineer of a laboratory of the Uralmash plant), who had a rich library of art books and fiction. Her mother was Glafira Mihailovna Yamshanova (Smirnova) (a teacher at a local Metallurgical Technical College). Her parents divorced when Nadezhda was eight. From an early age Nadezhda wrote her own stories and fairy tales. Her story "Pustiak" was based on her first dramatic experience of reading aloud for the class.

University After school in 1968 Nadezhda went to Ural State University to study philology. She actively took part as an actress and an accompanist in student theatres of the University and Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts. She composed music and easily played in the piano, guitar and accordion that gave a nudge to the decision to study in the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire, but her mother made a requirement that Nadezhda should graduate the University first. In preparation to her thesis, Nadezhda worked in the museum of Muranovo, where she also gave guided tours about Fyodor Tyutchev. After graduation, according to the common Soviet practice, she was posted as a teacher of Russian to a remote village of Kunara, Sverdlovsk Oblast. In 1975 Nadezhda married Boris Kozhushany and moved to Moscow, where her husband studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute. In the end she was accepted into the workshop of Semyon Lungin. In addition to Semyon Lungin, she studied under Valeri Frid, Merab Mamardashvili, Alexander Mitta, Paola Volkova. 1992 – Prorva directed by Ivan Dykhovichny, (Nomination at the Venice Film Festival) 2010 – The Last Doll Game directed by Georgiy Negashev

Short films and animation: 1983 – Walking Around the City, short feature directed by Aleksandr Zeldovich 1984 – Most, short feature. 1985 – We Can't Predict..., short feature directed by Olga Narutskaya. 1985 – Buzkashi, short feature, directed by Pulat Achmatov 1986 – Toro!, short feature directed by Talgat Temenov 1990 – A Thing of the Past, animation film directed by Oksana Cherkasova 1991 – Terrorist, short feature directed Mihail Rozenshteyn 1993 – Cuckoo's Nephew, animation film directed by Oksana Cherkasova Awards at KROK, Drezden, Parn, Oberhauzen and Hiroshima Animation film festivals. 1994 – Oh, My God!, directed Tatyana Skabard 1994 – Tenderness and Affection for You, Sick; documentary about the centre of Alcoholics Anonymous, VGTRK, directed by Tatyana Lebedeva 1995 – Nyurka's Bath, animation film directed by Oksana Cherkasova Awards at Zagreb, Leipzig and Espinho Animation film festivals, Nomination for the Nika Award. 1996 – Babushka (Grandma), animation film directed by Andrey Zolotukhin Awards at KROK and Fantoche. 1996 – The Pink Doll, directed by Valentin Olshvang, Awards at KROK, Leipzig, Zagreb and Hiroshima Animation film festivals. 1996 – Unliving Beast, short feature directed by Marina Lubakova

Actor works 1988 – Husband and daughter of Tamara Alexandrovna as a cleaner 1992 – Leg as a nurse

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