Karen Shakhnazarov
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filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm
studios in 1998.
Shakhnazarov is the son of a prominent politician of Armenian
descent, Georgy Shakhnazarov
.
Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia
.
Krasnodar
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Soviet Union
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) is a Soviet and Russia
Russia
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n-Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
studios in 1998.
Shakhnazarov is the son of a prominent politician of Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
descent, Georgy Shakhnazarov
Georgy Shakhnazarov
Georgy Khosroevich Shakhnazarov was a Soviet-Armenian politician and political scientist. He was one of the half-dozen aides closest to Mikhail Gorbachev both while he was Soviet leader and after his fall from power at the collapse of the Soviet Union...
.
Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia
Public Chamber of Russia
The Public Chamber is a state institution with 126 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliament, government and other government bodies of Russia and its Federal Subjects. It has a role similar to an oversight committee and has...
.
Selected filmography
| Year | English Title | Original Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | We Are From Jazz We Are from Jazz - Plot :A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time is a kind of music that represents USA capitalism... |
Мы из джаза |
| 1985 | Winter Evening in Gagry | Зимний вечер в Гаграх |
| 1987 | The Messenger Boy | Курьер |
| 1990 | Zero City | Город Зеро |
| 1991 | The Assassin of the Tsar The Assassin of the Tsar The Assassin of the Tsar is a 1991 Russian film. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :Timofyev is a patient in an asylum who claims to be the man who killed Tsar Alexander II in 1881, and his grandson Tsar Nicholas II in 1918.-Cast:* Oleg Yankovsky — Dr.Smirnov / Tsar... |
Цареубийца |
| 1993 | Dreams | Сны |
| 1995 | American Daughter | Американская дочка |
| 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 | Всадник по имени смерть |
| 2008 | The Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя |
| 2009 | Ward Number 6 | Палата № 6 |