about
Iryna
Shumaieva
Iryna Shumaieva is a Ukrainian film and commercial director.
Creative professional with 5 years of work experience.
London-based, available worldwide.
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creative journey
Iryna’s creative journey began 5 years ago, when she established her first production company, which made hundreds of emotional commercials and campaign videos with full cycle production, from ideation to color grading.
Thereafter, Iryna worked as an assistant director
on the feature film "The Best Weekend" - which was filmed by the largest film studio in Eastern Europe - Film.ua in partnership with Atlas Weekend last summer. The movie broke box office records in February 2022 in Ukraine.
A short time after that, with over 5 years of experience in the industry, Iryna graduated with
a Master of Arts degree in Film and Television Directing from University that is based on the oldest film studios in the world - Ealing Studios London, UK.
She had a very active internship in the UK, working as an AD, script supervisor, and director at many university film sets.
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Iryna shot her debut independent short film "VIRA" about the war in Ukraine, with the participation of famous actors and a professional film crew. Musical partners were the famous Ukrainian singer Dmytro Monatik, Orest Halytskyi (DZIDZIO), and Kiana Nastya.
Afterward, Iryna became the director and producer of the short film "THE CAGE" - the second short, a psychological drama about the life of a Ukrainian student in London, during the war in Ukraine, with the participation of a young, talented Ukrainian, Alina Cheban, filmed in London.
Both films have been submitted to various film festivals around the world and will soon be available for viewing not only at private screenings.
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“I believe that my mission is to create sensual and original stories that touch the hearts of viewers. Being a sociable and broad-minded person opened to experimenting, filming has become my greatest passion”
Currently, Iryna is based in London, however, she is available worldwide for creative collaboration.