# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slava-tsukerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:14:05.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slava-tsukerman"
name: "Slava Tsukerman"
slug: "slava-tsukerman"
description: "Vladislav \"Slava\" Markovich Tsukerman was a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer of Jewish origin. He was born in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In 1973 he emigrated with his wife Nina Kerova to Israel. In 1976 he moved to New York City. He is best known for producing, directing, and writing the screenplay for the 1982 cult film Liquid Sky. He also directed the 2004 documentary Stalin's Wife and the 2008 film Perestroika. He resided in New York City with his wife and producing partner Nina Kerova."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slava_Tsukerman_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-03-09"
deathDate: "2026-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.265306122448978
  historical:           8.83186
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875367/"
    handle:    "nm0875367"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slava Tsukerman"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Tsukerman"
    title: "Slava Tsukerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اسلاوا سوکرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Tsukerman"
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    title: "Цукерман, Слава"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump