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Mstyslav Chernov

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 1, 1985 (41 years old)

Place of Birth
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

Mstyslav Chernov

Biography

Mstyslav Andriyovych Chernov (Ukrainian: Мстислав Андрійович Чернов; born 1985; Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian videographer, photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, war correspondent and novelist known for his coverage of the Revolution of Dignity, War in Donbas, the downing of flight MH17, Syrian civil war, Battle of Mosul in Iraq, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Siege of Mariupol.

For his work on the Siege of Mariupol he received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award, the Knight International Journalism Awards, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Free Media Awards, CJFE International Press Freedom Award, Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards. Video materials from Mariupol became the basis of the film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was included in the competition program of the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. The film won the Audience Award in World Cinema Documentary category. In 2023, he shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant. He has both won and been a finalist for the Livingston Award, Rory Peck Award, Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize, and various Royal Television Society awards.

Known For

Directing

20252000 Meters to Andriivka...Director
202320 Days in Mariupol...Director
Protocol94...Director

Production

20252000 Meters to Andriivka...Producer
202320 Days in Mariupol...Producer

Camera

20252000 Meters to Andriivka...Director of Photography
202320 Days in Mariupol...Camera Operator

Writing

20252000 Meters to Andriivka...Writer
202320 Days in Mariupol...Writer

Acting

2026The Way Things Seem to Beas Self
20252000 Meters to Andriivkaas Self
202320 Days in Mariupolas Self - Narrator and Interviewer