Konstantin Lopushansky

In 2007, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, the highest civilian honour in Russia for the performing arts.

Konstantin Lopushansky studied at Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors and Kazan Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR and Order For Merit in Culture and Art.

Konstantin Lopushansky was born on 12 June 1947 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, and was raised in Kazan. His mother, Sofia Petrovna Lopushanskaya, worked as a linguistics professor at Kazan State University and Volgograd State University. His father, Sergei Timofeyevich Lopushansky, was a front-line soldier who died in 1953 from wounds sustained during the war.

In 1970, Konstantin Lopushansky graduated from Kazan Conservatory as a violinist, and in 1973 he completed a postgraduate course at Leningrad Conservatory with a Ph.D. thesis in art criticism. Afterwards, Lopushansky taught at the Kazan and Leningrad conservatories for several years. Lopushansky took higher courses for scriptwriters and film directors from the director's department at the workshop of Emil Loteanu. Upon graduating from the directorial courses in 1979, Lopushansky assisted Andrei Tarkovsky in directing the legendary film Stalker, based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky. Lopushansky's thesis film Solo made in 1980 was about a musician playing his last concert during the Siege of Leningrad. Since 1980 Lopushansky has worked as a production director at the Lenfilm cinema studio.

In 1986, Konstantin Lopushansky made his feature film directorial debut with the post-apocalyptic film Dead Man's Letters, which was co-written by Boris Strugatsky. It was screened at the International Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. Lopushanksy's 1989 film A Visitor to a Museum was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver St. George and the Prix of Ecumenical Jury. Lopushansky's 1994 film Russian Symphony was screened in the Forum section of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival where it received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. Lopushansky made the 2006 film The Ugly Swans, based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The science-fiction film was about a writer who visits a boarding school for gifted children where the teachers are mutants. Lopushansky's 2013 drama film The Role told the story of an actor who decides to impersonate a deceased commander of the Red Army. It was shown in competition at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. It received the Nika Award for Best Screenplay. Konstantin Lopushansky's drama film Through the Black Glass was released in 2019. In February 2022 signed an open letter from the FilmUnion condemning Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.