Vadim Perelman (Ukrainian: Вадим Перельман) is an Ukrainian-American film director. Perelman made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with House of Sand and Fog, following a successful career as a commercial director. The film, nominated for three Academy Awards, also marks his first screenplay credit. Perelman was drawn to the story, having been shaped by his own immigrant experience.
Born in 1963 in Kiev, which was then part of the forme...
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Vadim Perelman (Ukrainian: Вадим Перельман) is an Ukrainian-American film director. Perelman made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with House of Sand and Fog, following a successful career as a commercial director. The film, nominated for three Academy Awards, also marks his first screenplay credit. Perelman was drawn to the story, having been shaped by his own immigrant experience.
Born in 1963 in Kiev, which was then part of the former Soviet Union, Perelman was an only child who lived with his immediate and extended family in a communal flat. When he was only nine years old, his father was tragically killed in a car accident. Five years later, Perelman and his mother were granted permission to leave Kiev, and arrived in Western Europe. Struggling to make a new home for themselves, they lived in Vienna for two months, followed by a move to Rome.
Remembering that time period, Perelman likens himself to the kids in Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados — a street urchin "always...
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