Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter.[1] He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998.
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Born | Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (1952-07-08) 8 July 1952 (age 70) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Alma mater | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1980 – present |
Title | People's Artist of Russia (2002) |
Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova.[2][3]
His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize.[4] In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[6]
In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine and Crimea.[7] For this he was banned from entering Ukraine.[8]
On 10 March 2022, during a broadcast on Russia-1, Shakhnazarov, who initially supported the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[9] called for an end to it, saying that the situation was at risk of becoming "an absolute humanitarian disaster", and that there is no realistic possibility for the Russian forces to seize Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities.[10]
Year | English title | Original title |
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1984 | We Are from Jazz | Мы из джаза |
1985 | Winter Evening in Gagra | Зимний вечер в Гаграх |
1987 | The Messenger Boy | Курьер |
1988 | Zero City | Город Зеро |
1991 | The Assassin of the Tsar | Цареубийца |
1993 | Dreams | Сны |
1995 | American Daughter | Американская дочь |
1998 | Day of the Full Moon | День полнолуния |
2001 | Poisons or the World History of Poisoning | Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений |
2004 | The Rider Named Death[11][12] | Всадник по имени смерть |
2008 | Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя |
2009 | Ward Number 6 | Палата № 6 |
2012 | White Tiger | Белый тигр |
2017 | Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story | Анна Каренина |
Karen Shakhnazarov is one of several living descendants of the famous Melik-Shahnazarian princely family from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Melik-Shahnazarians ruled Nagorno-Karabakh's province of Varanda in medieval and modern times.[13]
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