Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Native name Игна́тий И́горевич Вишневе́цкий
Born Ignatiy Igorevich Vishnevetsky
(1986-09-05) September 5, 1986
Moscow, USSR (present day Moscow, Russia)
Occupation Film critic, essayist
Nationality Russian
Citizenship Russia[1]
Subject Film
Spouse Theresa Roberts (m. 2011)
Children 2

Ignatiy Igorevich Vishnevetsky (/vɪʃnɛˈvɛtskiː/;[2] Russian: Игна́тий И́горевич Вишневе́цкий; born September 5, 1986)[3] is a Russian-born United States-based film critic and essayist. He has been a staff film critic for The A.V. Club since May 2013[4] and previously worked as a critic for the film website Mubi.com and as an occasional contributor to the Chicago Reader.[5][6]

Vishnevetsky co-hosted Roger Ebert Presents: At the Movies, a nationally syndicated film criticism television show,[7] with Christy Lemire.[8]

Life and career

Vishnevetsky was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, the son of Russian poet Igor Vishnevetsky,[1][9] and moved to the United States at the age of 8, following his parents' divorce.[7][10] Although he did not formally study English in school while living in Russia, Vishnevetsky claims that he learned the language "entirely from TV and American TV commercials I watched constantly".[1]

He lived with his father, stepmother, and stepbrother in Decatur, Georgia, and, four years later, relocated to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Wauwatosa East High School[11] and then moved to Chicago,[7][11] where he briefly attended Columbia College Chicago, studying Film Directing.[5]

Before working as a film critic, Vishnevetsky worked as a translator,[7] movie theater usher and laundromat attendant.[5] Beginning in 2004, he became involved with Chicago's cinephile community, many of whose members he met through the video rental store "Odd Obsession".[12] He was involved in a screening space called North Western Avenue, whose participants later co-founded the film website Cine-File.info,[12] to which Vishnevetsky continues to contribute.[13] In 2006, Vishnevetsky wrote and directed a 45-minute short film;[13][14] he also served as the film's editor and cinematographer. Soon after a final cut was completed, a hard drive failure destroyed much of the footage.[13] In an interview with the podcast Film in Focus, Vishnevetsky stated that the experience lead him to pursue film criticism full-time.[13] Vishnevetsky published a film zine called Zero for Conduct[6][13] before joining the NYU-based[13] film journal Tisch Film Review and then MUBI.[6]

In the fall of 2010, he was approached by Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz Ebert, about auditioning for their new television show, Ebert Presents: At the Movies.[13] After several months of auditions, Vishnevetsky was announced as the show's co-host alongside Christy Lemire.[5][8] Vishnevetsky replaced critic Elvis Mitchell, who had appeared in the show's pilot but left the production for undisclosed reasons.[5][8]

Vishnevetsky's first short film, Ellie Lumme, premiered in 2014.[15]

Personal life

Vishnevetsky has retained his Russian citizenship,[1] and also maintains permanent residence in the United States.[16] He lives in Chicago with his wife,[10] Theresa Roberts, a sculptor and installation artist. They married on January 10, 2011,[1][17] and have two children together.[18]

Style

He has described himself as "more of an optimist for the future of cinema than for the future of movies", stating that in his view the two were not synonymous. Comparing Vishnevetsky with his co-host, Christy Lemire, Time writer Steven James Snyder wrote that Lemire was "more preoccupied with finesse and plot points", while Vishnevetsky was "more interested in structure, experimentation and mood".[19]

In the February 11, 2011 episode of Ebert presents At the Movies, Vishnevetsky stated that the greatest influence on his work as a critic was Jean-Luc Godard's video project Histoire(s) du cinéma. In the same episode, he named the silent films True Heart Susie and Foolish Wives; the Holocaust documentary Shoah; and Jacques Tati's Play Time as the movies that made him want to become a film critic. In a blog post presented as an "appendix" to the episode, he revealed that he writes the majority of his film criticism by hand and will sometimes "edit together" essays out of notes and parts of unpublished texts.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Stingl, Jim. "From Stingl's kitchen to Ebert's orbit", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  2. ↑ Our critics address Captain America: Civil War and the state of the Marvel union. The A.V. Club. May 6, 2016. Event occurs at 0:14. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy Time Indefinite: "A Talk with Sergei Loznitsa", Mubi
  4. ↑ AV Club articles by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Zeitchek, Steven "Who is Ignatiy Vishnevetsky?", The L.A. Times
  6. 1 2 3 Kohn, Eric. FUTURES: At the Movies co-host Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Indiewire
  7. 1 2 3 4 Ebert, Roger "Roger Ebert's Journal: Ebert Presents at the Movies", Chicago Sun-Times
  8. 1 2 3 Braun, Liz "Ebert chooses 2nd host for 'Movies'", The Toronto Sun
  9. ↑ Christopher, Rob "And the Co-Host of Roger Ebert Presents Is...", The Chicagoist
  10. 1 2 Metz, Nina. "Roger Ebert is back on TV, with a new man on deck", Chicago Tribune
  11. 1 2 Dudek, Duane "At The Movies hosts a Wauwatosa East alum", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
  12. 1 2 Cuddy, Allison. "Young Chicago critic tapped to host Roger Ebert Presents at the Movies", WBEZ
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Episode 128: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Pt. 1." Podcast. Film in Focus. 7 Dec. 2011.
  14. ↑ Cangialosi, Jason. Interview with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky. Yahoo! Movies.
  15. ↑ Metz, Nina. Underground films see the light through fest. The Chicago Tribune.
  16. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Igantiy (June 11, 2016). "Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on Twitter: "Tfw when yr passport says "Russian dad," but yr green card says corduroy, Logan Square, Brian Wilson haircut phase.""". Twitter. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (April 5, 2013). "Dear Roger on Notebook". MUBI. Retrieved November 26, 2016. On December 31st [...] I was married in the basement of the county courthouse 11 days later.
  18. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Igantiy (January 25, 2015). "Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on Twitter: "Siblings meet for the first time."". Twitter. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  19. ↑ Snyder, Steven James. "Roger Ebert's New TV Show: Two New Thumbs, One Overdue Comeback", Time.
  20. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "Appendix to Episode #104", Sounds, Images.
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