Nikolay Nikolayevich Geiko ( May 22, 1960 , Pomoshnaya , Kirovograd Region - May 13, 2009 , Moscow ) - Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter.
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| Birth name | Nikolay Nikolayevich Geiko |
| Date of Birth | May 22, 1960 |
| Place of Birth | Pomoshnaya , Dobrovelichkovsky district , Kirovograd region , Ukrainian SSR |
| Date of death | May 13, 2009 (48 years) |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |
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| Profession | actor , film director , screenwriter |
| IMDb | ID 0311971 |
Biography
Born in the town of Pomoshnaya in Ukraine ( Kirovograd region ). In 1975 , after eight years, he entered the puppet department of the Dnipropetrovsk Theater School. Simultaneously with his studies, he worked additionally at the puppet theater, sang perfectly (his vocals were led by Albina Vasilievna Naumenko, now the head of the music department of the theater and art college).
After graduating from the Dnepropetrovsk School in 1979, on the recommendation of the teachers, he went to Leningrad, where he entered the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography , at the theater director’s department, graduating in 1984. In 1986-1987 he worked as a director of the puppet theater in Ivanovo and Smolensk .
From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the highest film directing courses at the USSR State Committee for Cinematography ( Rolan Bykov workshop), Moscow.
Recent years, he lived and worked in the Czech Republic.
He died of cancer on May 13, 2009 in Moscow. He was buried in his homeland in the town of Pomichna (Ukraine).
Filmography
Actor
- 1989 - Quench my sorrows - classmate Kolya
- 1990 - Good morning! or Mad demob - mad demob Zamotaev
- 1990 - Soldier Tale - Mykola
- 1991 - Memento Mori
- 1993 - Captives of good luck - a member of a gang of a provincial town
- 2002 - Letters to Elsa - Kohl's puppeteer
- 2008 - From love to kokhannya - Antonov's father
Director
- 1991 - Memento Mori
- 1998 - Germans in the Urals / Nemci za Uralem
- 2005 - Cherub
- 2008 - From love to kokhannya
- 2008 - Mines in the fairway
- 2010 - Churchill
Screenwriter
- 2006 - Carom
Prizes and awards
- The prize for the best male role at the film festival "Debut" 1989 in the film " Soldier's Tale ."
- Prize for Best Director at the 1992 Debut Film Festival, Memento Mori
- Special prize of the jury for the best acting ensemble of the k / f “Constellation-93”, the film “ Memento mori ”