Eugene Kotlyarenko

Directing·Jan 1, 1986·Odessa, USSR (Ukraine)

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Eugene Kotlyarenko is a Ukrainian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. His feature writing-directing work includes 0s & 1s (2011), A Wonderful Cloud (2015), Wobble Palace (2018), We Are (2020) and Spree (2020). Kotlyarenko was born in Odesa to a Jewish-Ukrainian family. He grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and on Long Island, attending Columbia University before moving to Los Angeles. In 2010, He made his directorial debut, SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission), starring Kate Lyn Sheil, Lawrence Michael Levine, and Sophia Amoruso. The next year, He co-wrote, edited, and directed 0s & 1s, starring Morgan Krantz, Jeremy Blackman, Matty Cardarople, and Ahna O'Reilly. In 2012, He wrote, starred, and directed Feast of Burden, premiered at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In 2015, A Wonderful Cloud, starring Kate Lyn Sheil, John Ennis, and himself, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. In 2018, Kotlyarenko wrote, starred, and directed Wobble Palace starring Dasha Nekrasova, Jack Kilmer, and himself. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to positive reviews with New York Times, critic Teo Bugbee praising the film as "[...] a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection". A review on The Playlist by Lena Wilson echoed this sentiment, writing that it: "[...] perfectly reproduces a subculture, both visually and narratively". In 2020, Kotlyarenko wrote, produced, starred, and directed Spree starring Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette, Kyle Mooney, Lala Kent and Mischa Barton, the film was executive produced by Drake. It premiered on January 24, 2020, at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival as part of the NEXT category, and was released theatrically and via video on demand in the United States on August 14, 2020, by RLJE Films. The same year, he wrote and directed We Are, starring Dasha Nekrasova, Keith Poulson, and Vishwam Velandy. In 2024, He wrote, starred, and directed The Code. It stars Dasha Nekrasova, Peter Vack, and Ivy Wolk, it premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival. He has executive produced films such as How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Pet Shop Days, Rotting in the Sun, and the upcoming The Carpenter's Son. He has also produced films such as Harka, Magic Farm, Candelabra, and the upcoming Born to Kill.

Film	Credit
In the Glow of Darkness2025 · Actor	Actor
Cece's Interlude2025 · Actor	Actor
Magic Farm2025 · Producer	Producer
The Code2025 · Pool Victim, Director, Writer, Producer	Pool Victim, Director, Writer, Producer
The Hedonist2025 · Scott	Scott
Harka2022 · Producer	Producer
The Straight Ball2022 · Director	Director
Wild Card2022 · The Interviewer	The Interviewer
We Are2020 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Spree2020 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Wobble Palace2018 · Eugene, Director, Writer	Eugene, Director, Writer
A Wonderful Cloud2015 · Eugene, Director, Screenplay	Eugene, Director, Screenplay
Candelabra2014 · Producer	Producer
LLowlands2013 · Eugene	Eugene
Crimea2013 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Feast of Burden2012 · Actor, Screenplay, Director	Actor, Screenplay, Director
NNo Word for "Grandparents" in Russian2011 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography	Himself, Director, Director of Photography
0s & 1s2011 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)2010 · Self, Producer, Writer, Director	Self, Producer, Writer, Director
The Beaches of Agnès2008 · Self	Self
77 Transcendental Operations2006 · Director	Director
[0's & 1's]2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
BBorn to KillProducer	Producer
VVintage ViolenceDirector, Producer	Director, Producer