Vladimir Horunzhy

Vladimir Anatoliiovych Horunzhy (born September 19, 1949) is a film producer, composer, and jazz musician.

Horunzhy graduated from a Special music school at Kyiv Music Conservatory. His first composition was written at the age of 12. In the '70s, Horunzhy led the Pop-Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television of Ukraine. From 1977 to 1981 he lived and worked in Hungary.

An active jazz musician, Horunzhy performed at Soviet jazz festivals in Tallinn, Moscow, Donetsk, and throughout the Soviet Union. At age 26 he became principal conductor and staff composer for the Ukrainian National TV and Radio Orchestra, Kyiv. Living in Budapest, Horunzhy composed and conducted for the Hungarian State Orchestra. Entering the realm of film scoring, he scored feature films and animation. He also performed with jazz-rock groups throughout the European community.

In 1981, Horunzhy moved to the United States. The first project which he participated in as a composer there, was the daytime soap opera “Santa Barbara”. In New York, he worked with George Benson, Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, and Michał Urbaniak. He frequented jazz club "Seventh Avenue South" with his groups "212" and "Central Committee" which included Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey, Bob Malach, Jeff Andrews, Don Mulvaney, and Mitch Coodley. Horunzhy also orchestrated for and studied with Jerry Goldsmith.

Starting in 1991 Vladimir Horunzhy produced his first feature comedy, "High Strung," starring Jim Carrey, Steve Oedekerk, Fred Willard, and Kirsten Dunst (her first part in the movies). There are more than 60 features, TV, and animation films produced and/or scored by Vladimir Horunzhy. Since 2006 along with a US-based production company, he has been producing Ukrainian film projects. In 2009 he founded the production company/studio InQ located in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Filmography

Producer 2012 - Lovers in Kyiv winner of more than 20 International Film Festivals 2010 – My Widow’s Husband 2009 - 13 months 2007 - Orangelove 1999 – Mike, Lu & Og 1999 – Flying Nansen 1999 – Turnaround 1996 – Lord Protector/ Dark Mist 1996 – Original Gangstas 1995 - Sacred Cargo 1991 – High Strung

Composer 2002 - Bookashki winner of more than 40 Grand Prizes at International Film Festivals 1999 – Children of the Corn 666 1999 – Mike, Lu & Og 1999 - Flying Nansen 1999 - Turnaround 1996 – Lord Protector/ Dark Mist 1996 - Original Gangstas 1995 – Sacred Cargo 1995 – Blood of the innocent 1995 – The Langoliers 1993 - Point of Impact 1992 - Miracle in the Wilderness 1992 - Blink of an Eye 1991 - High Strung 1991 - Firehead 1990 – Stranger Within 1990 - The Forbidden Dance 1990 - Zorro 1989 – Elves 1989 - Homer and Eddie 1989 - Oro fino 1989 - Tales from the Crypt 1989 - Man of passion / Pasión de hombre 1988 - Return of the Living Dead Part II 1989 - Creepy Tales 1975 - Four inseparable cockroaches and the cricket