Oleg Sentsov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Oleg Sentsov
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1976(1976-07-13)
Age	48
Birthplace	Simferopol
Country	Ukraine
Birth City	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Horoscope	Cancer

Oleg Sentsov Biography

Oleg Sentsov is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on July 13, 1976 in Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. Sentsov was born on the 13th of July, 1976. He was born in Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He is a native Russian. From 1993 until 1998, his time as an economics student in Kiev and then took classes in screenwriting and film directing in Moscow. The first two short films he made comprised A Perfect Day for Bananafish (2008) and The Horn of a Bull (2009). Gamer is his first feature, was screened during the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2012. The film’s success at this festival and in different festivals allowed him to obtain financing for his feature Rhino Production on which was delayed due to his involvement in protesters from the Euromaidan demonstration movement. It was planned to start filming in the summer of 2014.

On June 26, 2014 the Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights requested Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin to review the circumstances that led to the arrests of Sentsov as well as fellow militant Oleksandr Kolchenko. A response, published on the site of the council said that prosecutors had concluded that there were “no grounds” for altering the arrest of the suspects.

After holding Sentsov without charges for three weeks, the Federal Security Service accused the four Ukrainians of being “part of a terrorist community, to carry out explosions with home-made devices on May 9, 2014 near the Eternal Flame memorial and Lenin monument in Simferopol and to set fire to the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea public organization and the United Russia party branch in Simferopol on April 14 and April 18, 2014”. Sentsov, Afanasyev, Chirniy and Kolchenko were also accused of membership in Ukraine’s nationalist paramilitary group, Right Sector, a claim that both Sentsov and Right Sector denied. Russian prosecutors stated that Sentsov confessed to the terrorist plots. But the filmmaker and his lawyer Dmitry Dinze denied this and he and Sentsov himself have stated that Sentsov was beaten and threatened with rape to force his confession. According to Sentsov’s lawyers, investigators refused to open a case on his allegations of torture, suggesting that his bruises were self-inflicted and that he was keen on sado-masochism.

Sentsov was arrested on 11 May 2014 in Crimea on suspicion of “plotting terrorist acts”. With Gennady Afanasyev, Alexei Chirniy, and Alexander Kolchenko, he became one of four Ukrainian citizens held by Russia’s Federal Security Service, who accused them of seeking to carry out terrorist attacks on bridges, power lines, and public monuments in the Crimean cities Simferopol, Yalta, and Sevastopol. These charges are punishable with up to 20 years in prison.

European director Agnieszka Holland Ken Loach, Mike Leigh along with Pedro Almodovar co-signed a 10 June 2014 letter sent by the European Film Academy to Russian authorities, requesting that the allegations against Sentsov be dismissed and allegations of torture be investigated. Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Mahmalbaf dedicated to his award of 2015 Robert Bresson Prize of the Venice Film Festival to Sentsov who he called the verdict as a “major injustice” and the sentence “a move to intimidate all Russian society, especially the intellectuals and artists”.

Oleg Sentsov Net Worth

Oleg Sentsov is one of the richest Film Director from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Oleg Sentsov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sentsov is the father of two children: Alina (b. 2003) and Vladislav (b. 2004).

After the November 2013 eruption of the Euromaidan protests, Sentsov became an active participant in “AutoMaidan” and during the 2014 Crimean crisis, he helped to deliver food and other items to Ukrainian military personnel stranded in the Crimean bases. Sentsov declared that he does not support the Russian annexed of Crimea.

Starting on 19 May 2014, Sentsov was detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison. On 26 June 2014 Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights appealed to Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin to review the circumstances surrounding the arrests of Sentsov and Kolchenko. A reply, posted on the council’s website, stated prosecutors found “no grounds” for altering the detention of either suspect. On 7 July 2014 Sentsov’s arrest was extended to 11 October. In October 2014 his arrest was again extended to 11 January 2015.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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The Sejm of Poland adopted a resolution on 15 June 2018 demanding the release of Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia for political reasons. In the resolution deputies demand, in particular, to release Oleg Sentsov, Olexandr Kolchenko, and Roman Sushchenko.

Facts & Trivia

Oleg Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Oleg Sentsov celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

On 7 September 2019, in a prisoner swap with Ukraine, Russia released Oleg Sentsov and same day he returned to Kyiv where he – and other returning prisoners – was welcomed by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and where Sentsov reunited with his family.