Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian

Russia

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 theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS).

Born on October 13, 1933 in Moscow

Moscow

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, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army

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 soldier during the Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

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 of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts, and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955.

Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre

Lenkom Theatre

Lenkom Theatre is the official name of what was once known as the Moscow State Theatre named after Lenin's Komsomol. Designed by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz, it was built in 1907 to house a Merchant's Club, and was home to many theatrical and musical performances...

, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitri Pevtsov.

Mark Zakharov has been the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre

Lenkom Theatre

Lenkom Theatre is the official name of what was once known as the Moscow State Theatre named after Lenin's Komsomol. Designed by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz, it was built in 1907 to house a Merchant's Club, and was home to many theatrical and musical performances...

 since 1973, where he has helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture.

Filmography

• Prosnis i poï (TV, 1974)
• Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya (Звезда пленительного счастья) / The Captivating Star of Happiness
  The Captivating Star of Happiness
  The Captivating Star of Happiness is a Soviet film. The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by Alexander Pushkin. It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia"....
  
  (1975)
• 12 stulyev (12 стульев) / The Twelve Chairs
  The Twelve Chairs (1976 film)
  The Twelve Chairs is a 1976 - 1977 year film.-Cast:* Andrei Mironov, as Ostap Bender* Georgy Vitsin, as Bezenchuk* Anatoli Papanov, as Vorobianinov* Aleksandr Abdulov, as фт engineer Schukin* Tatyana Pelttser* Lyubov Polishchuk, as a dancer...
  
  (1976)
• Obyknovennoye chudo (Обыкновенное чудо) / An Ordinary Miracle
  An Ordinary Miracle (1978 film)
  An Ordinary Miracle is a Soviet 1978 musical film, a love story by Mark Zakharov based on a play by Yevgeni Shvarts. This is the second screen version of the play; the first one was filmed in 1964 by Erast Garin....
  
  (1978)
• Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен) / The Very Same Munchhausen
  The Very Same Munchhausen
  The Very Same Munchausen is a 1979 Soviet television movie directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by Grigoriy Gorin. The film relays the story of the baron's life after the adventures portrayed in the book, particularly his struggle to prove himself sane...
  
  (1979)
• Dom, kotoryy postroil Svift (Дом, который построил Свифт) / The House That Swift Built (1983)
• Formula lyubvi (Формула любви) / Formula of Love
  Formula of Love (film)
  Formula of Love is a 1984 Soviet film directed by Mark Zakharov, from a screenplay by Grigori Gorin loosely based on the story "Count Cagliostro" by Aleksei Tolstoy.- Cast :* Nodar Mgaloblishvili as Count Cagliostro...
  
  (1984)
• Ubit drakona (Убить дракона) / To Kill a Dragon (1988)
• Shoot Balakirev (Шут Балакирев) / Balakirev the Buffoon
  Balakirev the Buffoon
  Balakirev The Buffoon is a 2002 Russian televised version of 1999 Lenkom theatricalpresentation, written by Grigori Gorin.Genre - Tragic comedy. Produced by KinoMost and Winburgh Holdings Ltd. Runtime - 162 min...
  
  (2002)

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