Ivan Okhlobystin (born  22 July 1966) is a Russian Orthodox priest, actor, director and screenwriter. Out of his own free will, he is temporarily suspended as priest from the ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church. Creative director of the company "Baon".

Okhlobystin's career began with the picture "The Leg" by Nikita Tyagunov, which was released on the screens in 1991, he received the prize as best actor at the festival "Molodost-1991" (because of superstitious reasons he was credited under the pseudonym of Ivan Chuzhoy). The first script written by Ivan Okhlobystin - for the film "The Freak" directed by Roman Kachanov - was nominated for the prestigious award "Green Apple, Gold Leaf". The first full-length director's work of Okhlobystin - "Arbiter" with a soundtrack featuring the bands Piknik and "Obermaneken" - was awarded the Kinotavr award in the category "Films for the Elect". In 1997, Okhlobystin acted in the movie Mama Don't Cry in an episodic role of a bandit.

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