Renata Muratovna Litvinova (Russian: Рената Муратовна Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, director, and screenwriter.[1] Renata Litvinova Рената.jpg Born Renata Muratovna Litvinova 12 January 1967 (age 51) http://renatalitvinova.ru/ Contents Biography Edit Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar father Murat Aminovich Vergazov and an ethnic Russian mother, Alisa Mikhailovna Litvinova.[2] Her parents were doctors by profession. They divorced when Renata was just one year old. She attended VGIK in 1984 and graduated in 1989.[3] She attended the same year as fellow screenwriters and directors Roman Kachanov and Arkady Vysotsky.[2] It is here where she worked on her first film as a screenwriter for the film The Much Loved rita. The Last Meeting with Her (1988). She made her directorial debut in 2000 with the documentary There is No Death For Me. The film focused on the experiences of Litvinova's favorite Soviet Era actresses and gave insight into her views on their stories.[7] As with her screenwriting, she directed sparingly in between her acting roles, directing six films since 2000. She directed her first feature film in 2004, The Goddess, which she also wrote and starred in.[8] In 2006, she directed her first short film, Rado.[8] Litvinova made her first foray into concert films in 2008 when she directed the film Green Theatre in Zemfira. The film was created using footage from a concert of one of Litvinova's friends, musical artist Zemfira Ramazanova.[9] The film won "music film of the year" from independent music award show "Steppenwolf".[10] The two collaborated again in 2010 to create another Ramazanova concert film directed by Litvinova called Moscow. Crokus/Arrow.[8] Finally, Ramazanova served as the composer on Litvinova's second full-length feature film Rita's Last FairyTale (2012), which deals with "universal themes of love, hate and search for love."
