Bodrov, Sergey Vladimirovich

Born on June 28, 1948 in Khabarovsk . It has Russian, Tatar and Buryat roots. He began his career as a journalist. In 1970, Sergey Bodrov took third place in the competition of the magazine " Crocodile " for the best satirical and humorous story ^[3] . In 1974 he graduated from the VGIK scenario faculty (workshop of K.K. Paramonova and N. Fokina). In the same year he became a member of the CPSU ^[4] .

According to his scripts, more than twenty films were shot. Among his directorial works are “Non-Professionals” (1985), a special jury prize at the festival in Turin), “ Katala ” (1989), “ SIR ” (1989), “ I Wanted to See Angels ”. Then Sergey Bodrov moved to the United States , where he began working with his wife Caroline Cavalero.

The picture of the Chechen war “ Prisoner of the Caucasus ” received the 1997 Nika Prize as the best film of the year and the Felix European Film Academy Prize for the script.

Sergey Bodrov - author of several collections of short stories and feuilleton; his book Freedom = Paradise was published in France. As a screenwriter, he participated in the creation of Regis Varnier 's East-West painting.

• The first wife is Valentina Nikolaevna Bodrova, a teacher in the history department of Moscow State University.
  • Son - actor and film director Sergei Bodrov, Jr. (1971–2002), went missing in the Karmadon Gorge during the filming of a film with the working title “The Messenger ”
    • Grandchildren: Olga Bodrova, (born July 24, 1998), Alexander Bodrov (born August 27, 2002).
• Second wife - Klara Mikhailovna Vysotskaya
• The third wife is Aizhan Bekkulova, a Kazakhstani artist and owner of the ASSIA art salon in Almaty. ^[5]
  • Daughter - Asiya Bodrova-Bekkulova (Asya Bodrova), artist-designer ^[6]
• Fourth wife - Carolyn Cavaliero, director, screenwriter and producer ^[7] 3

• 2016 - special prize “For contribution to Russian and international cinema” at the 27th Kinotavr film festival (“to a director who surprisingly combined authorial intonation, fascinating history, a desire to find a common language with a huge audience, absolute uncompromisingness in all his paintings” ) ^[8]
• Golden Calf Award of Literary Newspaper ( Club of 12 Chairs ) (1971).

• Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov on the Internet Movie Database
• Bykov D. Sergey Bodrov - senior: "Scratch Putin - and you will find a Tatar" (neopr.) . rollingstone.ru (November 14, 2007). - Interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Date of treatment December 25, 2014. Archived December 25, 2014.
• Kochetkova N. Director Sergei Bodrov: “The screen is like an x-ray. You cannot fool him ” (unopened) . izvestia.ru (August 2, 2007). Date of treatment December 25, 2014. Archived December 25, 2014.