A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Юджин Котляренко
Birthplace:
Odessa, USSR (Ukraine)
Born:
January 1, 1986
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.
Director:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 The Straight Ball
2025 The Code
Director of Photography:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 The Straight Ball
2025 The Code
Editor:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 The Straight Ball
2025 The Code
Executive Producer:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
Post Production Supervisor:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
Producer:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2014 Candelabra
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 Harka
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
???? Born to Kill
Screenplay:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2014 Candelabra
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 Harka
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
???? Born to Kill
Story:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2014 Candelabra
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2022 Harka
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
???? Born to Kill
Thanks:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2014 Candelabra
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2021 El Planeta
2021 The Scary of Sixty-First
2022 Harka
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Atropia
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
???? Born to Kill
???? Hustle
Writer:
2006 7 Transcendental Operations
2010 SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2011 0s & 1s
2011 No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian
2012 Feast of Burden
2013 Crimea
2014 Candelabra
2015 A Wonderful Cloud
2018 Wobble Palace
2020 Spree
2020 We Are
2021 El Planeta
2021 The Scary of Sixty-First
2022 Harka
2022 The Straight Ball
2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023 Pet Shop Days
2023 Rotting in the Sun
2025 Atropia
2025 Magic Farm
2025 Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 The Carpenter's Son
2025 The Code
???? Born to Kill
???? Hustle
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