Ivan Vyrypaev was born on August 3, 1974 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Euphoria (2006), Oxygen (2009) and UFO (2020). He has been married to Karolina Gruszka since 2007. They have one child. He was previously married to Polina Agureeva.