Sergei Puskepalis belongs to the record of cinema as a figure whose work outlasted the productions that carried it.
The record lists Sergei Puskepalis as Russian actor (1966–2022).
Sergei Puskepalis was born at Kursk in 1966. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Saratov Theatre School.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
He worked as actor, theatre director and stage actor.
His name is attached above all to the award-winning movies Simple Things and How I Ended This Summer, both directed by Alexei Popogrebski. Film is a collaborative art in which individual credit is always contested and occasionally deserved.
Recognition followed: Silver Bear for Best Actor (2010), Silver Bear (2010) and Order of Courage.
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Sergei Puskepalis died in 2022, aged 56. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Silver Bear for Best Actor — 2010
- Silver Bear — 2010
- Order of Courage
- Worked as actor, theatre director and stage actor
