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Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Turkish Gambit ( Russian: Турецкий гамбит Turetskiy gambit) is the second novel from the Erast Fandorin
Born Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky
October 21, 1945 (1945-10-21) (age 62)
Moscow, Soviet Union

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сeргеевич Михалков; born October 21, 1945, in Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker and actor. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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The Mikhalkov family

Mikhalkov was born into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess. Yaroslavl (Яросла́вль is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow. The Galitzines, more correctly the Golitsyns (Голи́цын are one of the largest and noblest Princely houses of Russia. Nikita's father, Sergei Mikhalkov, is best known as writer of children's literature although he also wrote the lyrics to the Soviet and Russian national anthems. Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Сергей Владимирович Михалков (born March 13, 1913) is a Russian author of children's books and The National Anthem of the Soviet Union (or Hymn, Гимн Советского Союза Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza) replaced The Internationale Nikita's mother, the poetess Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский ( February 21 1876 - February 2, 1956 Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков ( January 24[[ 848]] ( Julian calendar: January 12) &ndash March 19 Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action movies, such as Runaway Train. Andrey Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский (born August 20, 1937 in Moscow Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский (April 4 1932 - December 29 1986 was a Soviet Film director, writer and opera director Runaway Train is a 1985, Oscar -nominated film which tells the story of two escaped convicts and a female Train worker who are stuck on a

Biography

Early acting career

Nikita Mikhalkov on the 1964 film poster for I Step Through Moscow.
Nikita Mikhalkov on the 1964 film poster for I Step Through Moscow. I Step Through Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве is a Soviet movie filmed in on Mosfilm and directed by Georgi Daneliya, starring Nikita Mikhalkov

Mikhalkov studied acting at the children's studio of the Moscow Art Theatre and later at the Schukin School of the Vakhtangov Theatre. Moscow Art Theatre ( Russian: Московский Художественный Академический Театр МХАТ is a theatre company in Moscow Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene) ( 13 February 1883 &ndash 29 May 1922) was a renowned While still a student, he appeared in Georgi Daneliya's film I Step Through Moscow (1964) and his brother Andrei Konchalovsky's film Home of the Gentry (1969). Georgi Daneliya ( Georgian: გიორგი დანელია Giorgi Danelia Георгий Николаевич Данелия Geo I Step Through Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве is a Soviet movie filmed in on Mosfilm and directed by Georgi Daneliya, starring Nikita Mikhalkov Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was soon on his way to becoming a star of the Soviet stage and [[film|cinema

Begins directing

While continuing to pursue his acting career, he entered VGIK, the state film school in Moscow, where he studied directing under filmmaker Mikhail Romm, teacher to his brother and Andrei Tarkovsky. The All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S Mikhail Romm (Михаил Ильич Ромм ( &mdash November 1 1971) was a Russian Film director. Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский (April 4 1932 - December 29 1986 was a Soviet Film director, writer and opera director He directed his first short film in 1968, I'm Coming Home, and another for his graduation, A Quiet Day at the End of the War in 1970. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mikhalkov had appeared in over twenty films, including his brother's Uncle Vanya (1972), before he co-wrote, directed and starred in his first feature, At Home Among Strangers in 1974, a Red Western set just after the 1920s civil war in Russia. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At Home among Strangers is a 1974 film starring Anatoly Solonitsyn and Yuri Bogatyryov and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. "Ostern" is also an alternative spelling of Ostara and German for Easter Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Gains international reputation

Still from the Ostern At Home among Strangers, showing the actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as the bandit Shurik
Still from the Ostern At Home among Strangers, showing the actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as the bandit Shurik

Mikhalkov established an international reputation with his second feature, A Slave of Love (1976). "Ostern" is also an alternative spelling of Ostara and German for Easter At Home among Strangers is a 1974 film starring Anatoly Solonitsyn and Yuri Bogatyryov and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Set in 1917, it followed the efforts of a film crew to make a silent melodrama in a resort town while the Revolution rages around them. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them The film, based upon the last days of Vera Kholodnaya, was highly acclaimed upon its release in the U. Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya ( Вера Васильевна Холодная; August 30, 1893 - February 16, 1919) was the first star S.

Mikhalkov's next film, An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano (1977) was adapted by Mikhalkov from Chekhov's early play, Platonov, and won the first prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of In 1978, while starring in his brother's epic film Siberiade, Mikhalkov made Five Evenings, a love story about a couple separated by World War II, who meet again after eighteen years. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Siberiade ( Russian: Sibiriada / Сибириада) is a 1979 epic Soviet film in four parts World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Mikhalkov's next film, Oblomov (1980), with Oleg Tabakov in the title role, is based on Ivan Goncharov's classic novel about a lazy young nobleman who refuses to leave his bed. Oblomov (Обломов is the best known Novel by Russian Writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (Олег Павлович Табаков (born August 17, 1935 in Saratov) is one of the most recognizable Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в (– was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov Family Relations (1981) is a comedy about a provincial woman in Moscow dealing with the tangled relationships of her relatives. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Without Witnesses (1983) tracks a long night's conversation between a woman (Irina Kupchenko) and her ex-husband (Mikhail Ulyanov) when they are accidentally locked in a room. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov (Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Улья́нов 20 November, 1927 &ndash 26 March

In the early 1980s, Mikhalkov resumed his acting career, appearing in Eldar Ryazanov's immensely popular Station for Two (1982) and A Cruel Romance (1985). Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Эльдар Александрович Рязанов b At that period, he also played Henry Baskerville in the Soviet screen version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. He also starred in many of his own films, including At Home Among Strangers, A Slave of Love, An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano and Burnt by the Sun. At Home among Strangers is a 1974 film starring Anatoly Solonitsyn and Yuri Bogatyryov and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.

International success

Nikita Mikhalkov as Tsar Alexander III in the movie The Barber of Siberia (1998).
Nikita Mikhalkov as Tsar Alexander III in the movie The Barber of Siberia (1998).

Incorporating several short stories by Chekhov, Dark Eyes (1987) stars Marcello Mastroianni as an old man who tells a story of a romance he had when he was younger, a woman he has never been able to forget. Dark Eyes ( Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные; French: Les Yeux noirs) is a 1987 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28 1924 &ndash December 19 1996 was an Italian film actor The film was highly praised, and Mastroianni received the Best Actor Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for his performance. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

Mikhalkov's next film, Urga (1992, a. Urga is a 1991 film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. It is released in North America as Close to Eden. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) k. a. Close to Eden), set in the little known world of the Mongols, received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Leone d’Oro ('Golden Lion' is the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U Mikhalkov's Anna: 6-18 (1993) documents his daughter Anna as she grows from childhood to maturity. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)

Mikhalkov's most famous production to date, Burnt by the Sun (1994), was steeped in the nervous atmosphere of Stalinist purges. Burnt by the Sun ( Russian: Утомлённые солнцем, Utomlyonnye solntsem) is a 1994 film by Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The film received the Grand Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, among many other honours. The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U As of 2000, Burnt by the Sun was the top grossing movie to come out of Eastern Europe. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Filming for a sequel is under way.

Recent career

Mikhalkov used the critical and financial triumph of Burnt by the Sun to raise $25,000,000 for his most epic venture to date, The Barber of Siberia (1998). The film, which opened the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, was designed as a patriotic extravaganza for domestic consumption. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, It featured Julia Ormond and Oleg Menshikov, who regularly appears in Mikhalkov's films, in the leading roles. Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is a British Actress who like her fellow thespian Britons Helena Bonham Carter and Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov (Оле́г Евге́ньевич Ме́ньшиков b The director himself appeared as Tsar Alexander III of Russia. Alexander III Alexandrovich ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Александр III Александрович reigned as Emperor

The movie received the Russia State Prize and spawned rumours about Mikhalkov's presidential ambitions. The director, however, chose to administrate the Russian cinema industry. Despite much opposition from rival directors, he was elected the President of the Russian Society of Cinematographists and has managed the Moscow Film Festival since 2000. Moscow International Film Festival (abbreviated as MIFF) is the second oldest festival in the world after the Venice Film Festival. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He also set the Russian Academy Golden Eagle Award in opposition to the traditional Nika Award. Golden Eagle Award (Russian премия Золотой Орел) is a Russian national award for motion pictures and TV series made in Russia run by the Russian The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia

In 2005, Mikhalkov resumed his acting career, starring in three brand-new movies - The Councillor of State, a Fandorin mystery film which broke the Russian box-office records, Zhmurki, a noir-drenched comedy about the Russian Mafia and Krzysztof Zanussi's Persona non grata. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russian Mafia ( Русская мафия, Russkaya Mafiya) Red Mob ( Красная мафия Krasnaya Mafiya) or Krzysztof Zanussi, (b June 17, 1939 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish producer and Film director.

As of October 2006, Mikhalkov is in Serbia, giving moral and ethic support to Serbia's sovereignty over Kosovo, its southern province under UN administration whose ethnic Albanian population seeks independence. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The political status of Kosovo is the subject of a long-running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian (and previously the Yugoslav) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language

On September 8, 2007, Mikhalkov’s film 12, a modern adaptation of Sidney Lumet's court drama Twelve Angry Men, has received a special Golden Lion for the “consistent brilliance” of its work and was praised by many critics at the Venice Film Festival. Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world Recently he took on a role of the executive producer of an epic movie 1612.

On January 22, 2008, Mikhalkov's film '12' was named as a nominee for the 2008 Academy Awards. Commenting on the nomination, Mikhalkov said, ""I am overjoyed that the movie has been noticed in the United States and, what's more, was included in the shortlist of five nominees. This is a significant event for me. "

Personal life

Mikhalkov's first wife was a renowned Russian actress Anastasiya Vertinskaya, whom he married on March 6, 1967. Anastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya (Анастасия Александровна Вертинская (born 19 December 1944) a Russian actress Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. They had a son, Stepan Mikhalkov, born in September 1966.

With his second wife, former model Tatyana, he had son Artem (born December 8, 1975) and daughters Anna (born 1974) and Nadya (born September 27, 1986). Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)

Political Views

Mikhalkov is actively involved in Russian politics. He is known for his Russian nationalist, Orthodox views. Russian nationalism is a form of nationalism that has developed since the beginning of the Russian nation in the Kievan Rus. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world In March 2008 came to Serbia to support Tomislav Nikolic who was running for Serb president. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Tomislav Nikolić ( Томислав Николић,) (born February 15, 1952) is a Serbian politician President of the Serbian Progressive Mikhalkov took part in the meeting of "Nomocanon", an Serb youth organization which denies war crimes committed by Serbs in 1992-99, and spoke there about "war against Orthodoxy", he called Orthodoxy "the main force which opposes cultural and intellectual McDonalds". A Nomocanon (Greek Νομοκἀνων Nomokanōn from the Greek nomos, law and kanon, a rule is a collection of Ecclesiastical law, the elements of War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, The Yugoslav Wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY that took place between 1991 and In response to that somebody has asked Mikhalkov: "What is then better, McDonalds or Stalinism?" Mikhalkov answered: "That depends on a person". Stalinism is the political regime named after Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1929–1953 [1]

Mikhalkov has been a strong supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia In October 2007, Mikhalkov, who produced a television program for Putin's 55th birthday, cosigned an open letter asking Putin not to step down after the expiry of his term in office. [1]

Filmography

Director

Actor (selected)

References

  1. ^ Sympathy for the devil, By Alexei Bayer. The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник Sibirskij Tsirjulnik is a 1998 Russian film that re-united the Academy Award winning Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The State Counsellor ( Russian: Статский советник the 5th grade in the Table of Ranks of Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aleksei Balabanov (born 25 February, 1959 in Yekaterinburg, Russia is a popular Russian filmmaker. Persona non grata ( Latin, Plural: personae non gratae, also abbreviated PNG literally meaning "an unwelcome person" is a term used Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Krzysztof Zanussi, (b June 17, 1939 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish producer and Film director. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Published in The Moscow Times on March 24, 2008; accessed March 24, 2008. The Moscow Times is an English-language daily Newspaper published in Moscow, Russia since 1992. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Bibliography

by Susan Larsen in Slavic Review Vol. The Slavic Review is a leading international Peer-reviewed journal in Slavic studies with the coverage centered on Russia, Central Eurasia and 62, No. 3 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 491-511

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