英文名：Andrea Zvjagintsev

其他译法：安德列·泽亚根索夫 安德烈·萨金塞夫

安德烈·萨今塞夫生于1964年，1990年毕业于莫斯科国立戏剧大学，主修表演，曾参与多部独立电影的演员工作。2000年，担任数部电视电影及连续剧导演，期间认识了电视台创办人迪米哲里斯尼夫斯基，并邀请他开拍《回归》。获奖后，各地传媒争相采访导演对此得意之作的看法时，他认为自己的诠释会影响观众对该片的观感并限制其想象力，所以拒绝回答相关问题，但由其亲自撰写的短文中指出，故事以寓言的方式透视人生的处境，观众只要循着这个方向欣赏，定会看出真正的意思。《回归》是俄罗斯导演安德烈·萨金塞夫个人执导的第一部电影。

俄罗斯著名导演。其执导的影片《回家》(The Return)获得第60届威尼斯影展金狮奖，影片描述父子失散十年后重逢所产生的亲子冲突和真情流转，颇为动人。该片虽是他执导的第一部电影，但片中诗意的画面、冷凝的气氛与悲伤的故事，在电影节期间频获肯定。在影展大奖名单公布前，《回家》已先在影展的会外奖中拿到国际天主教传播及电影视听协会颁发的“天主教人道关怀奖”、“Sergio Trasatti-威尼斯电影奖”及“Cinem Avvenire首部电影奖”3个奖项。第一部片第一次参展就有这么好的成绩，让各国电影界人士都对这位年轻的导演刮目相看。

Andrei Zvyagintsev - Russian actor and film-maker noted for his exceptionally successful debut in directing with award-winning drama The Return (2003). Born on February, 6, 1964 in a northern city of Novisibirsk, he graduated from the Novosibirsk Actors School in 1984 and started to play on stage in provincial theatres. In the early 1990s he came to Moscow - the centre of film industry - with ambition to star in movies. Moscow was tough for a newcomer. As Znyagintsev put it later in one of his interviews: "I was hungry, in need of work, I auditioned for everything. I even did not have money to buy a bus ticket." From 1992 to 2000 he appeared as "extra" on numerous TV series and feature films but with no positive results. Suddenly his friend offered him a job asdirector at REN TV, an independent production company that makes cop shows and day-time soaps. When he got his chance to direct, Zvyagintsev did his best, he directed several episodes for popular TV series and impressing producers with his skills, he got the offer to direct a feature length. The Return - a low budget, artful family drama- turned out to be a great success for Zvyagintsev and an international triumph for Russian cinema. The film won the Venice Festival's Golden Lion in 2003-the first Russian film to be awarded such an honor for a number of years.

When Zvyagintsev returned in Moscow from Venice, he was given a hero's welcome. He unexpectedly found himself in the centre of a media storm and after a series of interviews and appearances on TV he became a recluse. It is rumored that he is preparing (of has already started) the shooting of his second film every detail of which is a top secret. Although no official information is available to verify or dispel these rumors, the actor-turned-director is likely to face a dilemma whether to remain a single masterpiece creator in the film history or to make his next film, which can maintain his reputation of a genius. There is a risk, however, should his second film be a failure, the critics will regard the success of The Return as a fluke.