Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (Russian: Марюс Эрикович Вайсберг, born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg,[1][2] is a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent.
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Born | Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (1971-04-01) April 1, 1971 (age 51) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Other names | Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg |
Citizenship | Soviet Union Russia |
Occupation | film director, film producer, screenwriter |
His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in the Soviet film industry- he acted as the executive producer of Tarkovsky's film Mirror,[3] on Andrei Konchalovsky's film Siberiade, and Karen Shakhnazarov's film The Assassin of the Tsar.
Vaysberg graduated from the VGIK in the mid-1990s and started releasing films.[4] His first film, No Vacancy, starring Christina Ricci was released in 1999.
Vaysberg's films are not well-loved by critics in his native Russia. However, many of his films are successful at the Russian box office, such as Naughty Grandma,[5] Love in the Big City, 8 First Dates, and Not Ideal Man.
Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | imDb | Notes |
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1999 | No Vacancy | Yes | Yes | 4.9 | ||
2002 | May | Yes | 6.6 | |||
2006 | The Elder Son | Yes | Yes | 5.7 | ||
2008 | Hitler Goes Kaput! | Yes | Yes | 3 | ||
2009 | Love in the Big City | Yes | Yes | 5.8 | ||
2010 | Love in the Big City 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5.6 | |
2012 | 8 First Dates | Yes | 6.2 | |||
2012 | Rzhevsky versus Napoleon | Yes | 2.7 | |||
2014 | Love in the Big City 3[6] | Yes | Yes | 5.1 | ||
2015 | 8 New Dates | Yes | Yes | 5.5 | ||
2016 | 8 Best Dates[7] | Yes | 3.9 | |||
2017 | Naughty Grandma[8][9] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6.6 | |
2018 | Night Shift | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5.7 | |
2019 | Naughty Grandma 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.1 | |
2020 | Not Ideal Man | Yes | Yes | 3.6 | ||
2021 | Naughty Great Grandma | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6.4 | |
2022 | About Fate | Yes | ||||
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