Yuri Shapochka

Yuri Shapochka is a filmmaker, painter and photographer.

Shapochka emigrated to the United States from the Ukraine, where he worked as a journalist, writer and a producer/director for Ukrainian Television.

He and Steven Antselevich founded Aurora Productions (now ALVICH) in Birmingham in 1997. He is also the Creative Director for Freeshape, a web design company and is associated with Antselevich's Birmingham Film Institute, an after-school educational program for teenagers.

Shapochka is currently working on an independent short film entitled High Expectations. His other shorts include Ivan Goes Abroad, Game Shop, and "Six Blocks Wide", written by Teresa Thorne.

External link

• Game Shop website
• High Expectations website