Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Сам себе режиссёр
English translation:
(Best) amateur film / video director
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Alexander Kayumov
Nov 26, 2013 06:28
10 yrs ago
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Сам себе режиссёр
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Dec 3, 2013 04:38: Alexander Kayumov Created KOG entry
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10 mins
Alexander Kayumov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
ph: +7 (950) 1980-769
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
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16
Selected
Amateur film director
Congratulations on your "Amateur film director" achievement / badge!
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Note added at 15 mins (2013-11-26 06:44:32 GMT)
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This is a cultural reference to the "Сам себе режиссёр" TV program that's been running since 1992, it basically shows funny, horrible, or otherwise interesting clips from home videos / movies. It's the Russian counterpart / rip-off of "America's Funniest Home Videos".
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Note added at 35 mins (2013-11-26 07:04:09 GMT)
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A lot of possibilities here:
Amateur film director,
Best amateur film director,
Amateur video director,
Best amateur video director,
etc...
The original expression doesn't actually have the connotation of "best", it just means "someone who has made a home video or family movie all by himself".
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Note added at 15 mins (2013-11-26 06:44:32 GMT)
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This is a cultural reference to the "Сам себе режиссёр" TV program that's been running since 1992, it basically shows funny, horrible, or otherwise interesting clips from home videos / movies. It's the Russian counterpart / rip-off of "America's Funniest Home Videos".
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Note added at 35 mins (2013-11-26 07:04:09 GMT)
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A lot of possibilities here:
Amateur film director,
Best amateur film director,
Amateur video director,
Best amateur video director,
etc...
The original expression doesn't actually have the connotation of "best", it just means "someone who has made a home video or family movie all by himself".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+1
14 mins
Elena Ow-Wing
United States
United States
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Works in field
United States
EN>RU Business/Health Care/Education
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
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24
Best amateur video producer
This honorable title has a clear allusion to the popular Russian TV program with the same name which is based on amateur video clips.
See the link below
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сам_себе_режиссёр
This translation reflects the meaning rather than verbatim.
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Note added at 33 mins (2013-11-26 07:02:42 GMT)
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Other possible alternatives are Best amateur video/ movie/ film maker.
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Note added at 40 mins (2013-11-26 07:09:38 GMT)
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I personally prefer the word "video" because, according to the context, they award this nomination for personal video clips - short video records, which are not movies/ films in the true meaning of the word.
See the link below
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сам_себе_режиссёр
This translation reflects the meaning rather than verbatim.
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Note added at 33 mins (2013-11-26 07:02:42 GMT)
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Other possible alternatives are Best amateur video/ movie/ film maker.
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Note added at 40 mins (2013-11-26 07:09:38 GMT)
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I personally prefer the word "video" because, according to the context, they award this nomination for personal video clips - short video records, which are not movies/ films in the true meaning of the word.
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Alexander Kayumov
: Not sure about the "producer", though... It's a reference to "directing" a film in the artistic sense, not "producing" it in the financial / organizational sense... // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_producer ;) , since you like Wikipedia
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Producing doesn't necessarily have financial or organizational connotations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_production. "Film director" is too pompous for amateurs' video recording.
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Maria Sometti (Anishchankava)
: it's not always a film, rather a short video. good answer
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Thank you Maria!
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Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
Works in field
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
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83
Homegrown Film Creator
Unschooled Film Creator
+1
2 hrs
Simon Geoghegan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
25 yrs exp., ITI Certified, Trados, DVX3
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English
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Congratulations on becoming "a Do it yourself director"
Would appear to be a better fit in this context in my opinion.
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