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Mstyslav Chernov
Mstyslav Andriiovych Chernov (Ukrainian: Мстислав Андрійович Чернов, IPA: [mstɪˈslɑu̯ ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ tʃerˈnɔu̯]; born 1985) is a Ukrainian filmmaker, war correspondent, videographer, photographer, photojournalist, and novelist. In the field of documentary filmmaking, he is known as the director of 20 Days in Mariupol and 2000 Meters to Andriyivka.
A Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner known for his coverage of the Revolution of Dignity, War in Donbas, the downing of flight MH17, Syrian civil war, Battle of Mosul in Iraq, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Siege of Mariupol.
For his work on the Siege of Mariupol he received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award, the Knight International Journalism Awards, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Free Media Awards, CJFE International Press Freedom Award, Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, and Shevchenko National Prize. Video materials from Mariupol became the basis of the film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was included in the competition program of the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. The film won the Audience Award in World Cinema Documentary category. The film later won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Chernov himself won Directors Guild of America Awards, Writers Guild of America Award, Emmy Award. In 2023, he shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant.
In 2026, he shared ASC Award and George Polk Award with Alex Babenko. He has both won and been a finalist for the Livingston Award, Rory Peck Award, Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize, and various Royal Television Society awards.
Chernov's photos and videos have been published and broadcast by many media outlets around the world, including CNN, BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others.
Chernov is an Associated Press journalist and the President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF). He has been a member of "Ukrainian PEN" since July 2022.
Born in Kharkiv, his family is half Ukrainian, half German.
Chernov started his career in photography in 2005, working for a local Kharkiv news agency MediaPort. He gained prominence in 2008 when he received the 1st prize at a local photography exhibition "Kharkiv through the eyes of its inhabitants". In the same year, he had his first personal photography exhibition "Musica per somnia," conceived and organized with assistance of Yuriy Yanko, the Director of Kharkiv Philharmonic Society, who was impressed by Chernov's photographs of Sayaka Shoji, a Japanese violinist, then performing with Kharkiv Philarmonics. In 2009, Chernov won another first place award in local photo expo "Almost disappearing Kharkiv", covering crumbling examples of the city's older architecture.
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Mstyslav Chernov
Mstyslav Andriiovych Chernov (Ukrainian: Мстислав Андрійович Чернов, IPA: [mstɪˈslɑu̯ ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ tʃerˈnɔu̯]; born 1985) is a Ukrainian filmmaker, war correspondent, videographer, photographer, photojournalist, and novelist. In the field of documentary filmmaking, he is known as the director of 20 Days in Mariupol and 2000 Meters to Andriyivka.
A Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner known for his coverage of the Revolution of Dignity, War in Donbas, the downing of flight MH17, Syrian civil war, Battle of Mosul in Iraq, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Siege of Mariupol.
For his work on the Siege of Mariupol he received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award, the Knight International Journalism Awards, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Free Media Awards, CJFE International Press Freedom Award, Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, and Shevchenko National Prize. Video materials from Mariupol became the basis of the film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was included in the competition program of the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. The film won the Audience Award in World Cinema Documentary category. The film later won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Chernov himself won Directors Guild of America Awards, Writers Guild of America Award, Emmy Award. In 2023, he shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant.
In 2026, he shared ASC Award and George Polk Award with Alex Babenko. He has both won and been a finalist for the Livingston Award, Rory Peck Award, Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize, and various Royal Television Society awards.
Chernov's photos and videos have been published and broadcast by many media outlets around the world, including CNN, BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others.
Chernov is an Associated Press journalist and the President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF). He has been a member of "Ukrainian PEN" since July 2022.
Born in Kharkiv, his family is half Ukrainian, half German.
Chernov started his career in photography in 2005, working for a local Kharkiv news agency MediaPort. He gained prominence in 2008 when he received the 1st prize at a local photography exhibition "Kharkiv through the eyes of its inhabitants". In the same year, he had his first personal photography exhibition "Musica per somnia," conceived and organized with assistance of Yuriy Yanko, the Director of Kharkiv Philharmonic Society, who was impressed by Chernov's photographs of Sayaka Shoji, a Japanese violinist, then performing with Kharkiv Philarmonics. In 2009, Chernov won another first place award in local photo expo "Almost disappearing Kharkiv", covering crumbling examples of the city's older architecture.
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