Valentyn Vasyanovych – Ukrainian director, producer and DOP, was born on July 21, 1971 in Zhytomyr.  Graduated from The National University of theatre, cinema and television of Karpenko-Kary as cinematographer (1995) and documentary filmmaker (2000), and The Wajda School in Poland, 2007. In 2004, gained fame as a documentary filmmaker - his documentary AGAINST THE SUN received the Jury Prize of the International Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, the Grand Prix at the Nancy Film Festival, mention of the jury at the International Film Festival in Toronto and several other awards. His last full-length documentary PRYSMERK was awarded Special Mention at Docudays Film Festival in Kiev and got Golden Duke as the best Ukrainian film at Odessa Film festival 2015. In 2012, he made his debut in feature films with BUSINESS AS USUAL (Odessa International Film Festival, Special Jury Mention, FICC award). His second feature film — KREDENS — came out the next year and was awarded a prize by Odessa FIPRESSI Jury.

In 2014, Valentyn Vasyanovych produced and shot as DOP THE TRIBE by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy that becomes the biggest international success of Ukrainian film in a record, won Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics week and more than 40 other prizes around the globe.