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Viacheslav Syhyzmundovych Kryshtofovych (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Сигизмундович Криштофович ; born 26 October 1947) is a Ukrainian film director and actor who is the recipient of the Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize and the Order of Merit.

Born on 26 October 1947, in the Ukrainian city of Kyiv. Since 1970, Kryshtofovych has been a director at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. After a year, he received his degree from the Volodymyr Denysenko workshop at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.

Kryshtofovych appeared as a guest in the comedy Женщины шутят всерьёз in 1981. He directed Two Hussars, a historical melodrama, in 1984. He directed a different melodrama in 1986 titled A Lonely Woman Wants to Meet. He started teaching at Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 1991. Since 1996, he has become an academician at the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

Throughout Kryshtofovych's career, he has directed several films:

At the 1997 Listapad International Film Festival in Minsk, Kryshtofovych was awarded a special award and certificate for the crime drama Приятель покойника due to its cohesive artistic vision. For his work on Приятель покойника, he was awarded the 1998 Golden Aries Award for Best Director. He received the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2022 for his contributions to the growth of Ukrainian cinema. Kryshtofovych has been given the following membership and awards: