2015Nominee
Best Director
The Russian Woodpecker
Chad Gracia
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Bourne, Massachussetts
September 11, 1969
Biography
Chad Gracia is best known for directing the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning The Russian Woodpecker. His production company, GraciaFilms, produces cinema that highlights the horrors of totalitarianism in Russia and abroad.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2017Nominee
Best Performance
Me and Mariupol
2018Nominee
Best Performance
People’s Museum of Avdiivka
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Director
Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind
2025Highlight
Best Director
Sex in the Soviet Union
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Sex in the Soviet Union