Oleg Sentsov

Oleg Gennadyevich Sentsov (;Oleh Sentsov Talks Getting His Life Back After Release From Russian Prison & Making “Wild” 90s Ukraine Story ‘Rhino’ – Venice. deadline.com. August 27, 2021Nosorih (Rhino). labiennale.org/en/. 2021 ; born 13 July 1976) is a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer and activist. 

He is known for his 2011 movie Gamer. 

After the Russian annexation of Crimea, he was arrested in Crimea in May 2014 and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by a Russian court in August 2015 on charges of plotting terrorism acts.Ukrainian Filmmaker Remains Behind Bars Despite Growing Support, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (June 26, 2014) This was controversial and many believed his arrest was politically motivated.

On 7 September 2019 he was released in a prisoner swap.

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