Simonov, Ruben Evgenievich

Ruben Evgenievich Simonov was born July 1, 1953 in the family of Evgeny Simonov . Simonov’s family comes from Vladikavkaz Armenians , and the director’s surname is the Russianized Armenian surname “Simonyants” ^[2] . He graduated from the B.V.Schukin Theater Institute in 1974 (course of V.K. Lvov ). Immediately after graduation, he was invited to the troupe of the Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya for the role of Kostya in the play "Pokrovsky Gates". And the author of the play L. G. Zorin and the director of the play M. M. Kozakov did not regret their choice. During his work in the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, R.E. Simonov successfully played 18 roles, among them 7 leading: Kostik (Pokrovsky Gates), Kai (Cruel Intentions), Pestel (Lunin or Jacques' Death) ), Pavel (“ Enemies ”), Bodyansky (“The First-Person Story”), Chicho (“Royal Flowers”), Cowardly Lion (“The Wizard of the Emerald City”). In the performance of these roles, those specific creative qualities of the artist were revealed that allowed him to engage in directorial work later on: a deep discovery of the ideological content of the image, a detailed development of the character's character, and an accurate external drawing.

In the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, R. E. Simonov was hired to work as an assistant director in the plays Brutal Games , Vacation by Wound, and Still She Turns and directed by the theater’s management, A. L. Dunaev and A. V. Efros at the Higher Theater Courses at GITIS them. A.V. Lunacharsky. In 1981-1982, R. E. Simonov - a student of the Higher Theater Courses at the GITIS them. A.V. Lunacharsky specialty - "Director of the Drama Theater." At this time, under the guidance of A. A. Goncharov , he works in the theater. V.V. Mayakovsky as a trainee director over the performances “ Cat on a Hot Roof ” and “Life and Death of Klim Samgin”. After the successful completion of the Higher Theater Courses, R. E. Simonov is sent by the USSR Ministry of Culture for an internship in the theater named after E.B. Vakhtangova , and then credited to the theater staff.

The first major work of R. E. Simonov was the play "The Wounded." Simonov demonstrated in him the director’s temperament, a keen sense of modernity, a clear compositional solution and, perhaps, the most important thing - the ability to captivate actors with his plan. “The young director,” the press testified, “confided in dramatic mastery, reproduced it on stage by the means of a psychological theater in images of the living and authentic, exciting with their pain and truth, wholeness and ambiguity.” For the performance "Wounded" staged for the Victory Anniversary, R. E. Simonov was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize . Acutely sensing the desire of young people to creatively identify, Ruben Simonov actually led the work of young artists on unscheduled, independent work. Thanks to this activity, two first-class professional performances were born: “Russia, Bravo !!” and “Pooh, Pooh, Pooh”. All this time he did not leave acting work. In his track record of 10 roles on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater. R.E. Simonov invariably participated as an author and director in all the anniversary evenings of the Vakhtangov Theater, which always took place with great success.

In parallel, R. E. Simonov works as a director at the Moscow Drama Theater. Ruben Simonov . Here he staged the performances - “Jack-Vosmerkin”, “My poor Marat”, “Afraid to grieve - never see happiness”, “Hussar girl”, “Give me an old woman”, “Tale for a fairy tale”, “Arbat waltz”. The performance “Girl Hussar” was awarded 1 prize at the International Theater Festival in South Korea. In the theater to them. R. Simonov, he, as an actor, played 10 roles. Among them are King Dormidont (“Afraid to grieve - you will not see happiness”), Captain Roland and Lerman (“The Hussar Girl”), Pusternak (“Give me the old woman”).

R. E. Simonov teaches acting at the Theater Institute. B.V. Schukin. He is the director and teacher of the graduation performances Straw Hat (2006 edition), Russian Vaudeville (2008 edition). Many of his students successfully work in the theater. Evg. Vakhtangov.

R. E. Simonov - member of the Russian Authors Society. With a literary and poetic gift, he is the author of the plays Galatea, Killer and the Fool, From Tale to Tale, and Arbat Waltz. According to his play “Killer and the Fool”, director Sergey Kosach made the feature film “Kill Bella”. R. E. Simonov is the author of the poetic libretto of the operetta "Violet of Montmartre", the author of poetic texts for Jerry Herman 's musical " Hello, Dolly " and the author of the libretto of the Jubilee Evening at the Moscow Operetta Theater.

R. E. Simonov works a lot in film and television. His filmography includes 28 paintings.

As part of the Year of Russia in Bulgaria, R. E. Simonov was directed by the leadership of the theater. Vakhtangov to Sofia for staging the play. And among his last works - the play "Princess Turandot" in the Bulgarian theater "Sofia". Judging by the reviews, the performance was highly appreciated by the theater community and enthusiastically received by the public. This production was awarded the Icarus Award at the Balkan Theater Festival.

To “Children's Day” on June 1, 2010, R. E. Simonov, together with young actors, showed the play “From a Tale to a Tale”, composed by him.

1. 1973 - My friends ... (film almanac, 4th short story “Chukchi March”) - Poghosyan, bearded man, candidate for construction brigade
2. 1974 - Remember your name - sergeant
3. 1975 - From dawn to dawn - the swarthy fellow traveler Fyodor Rozhnov in a taxi
4. 1975 - Personal affair (film production) - Marat
5. 1977 - First-person narrative (film production) - Bodyanskiy
6. 1980 - Casket of Mary Medici - Mikhail Ghazaryan, investigator
7. 1981 - Third Dimension - Sartanyan, Officer, Submarine Crew Member
8. 1982 - Inspector Losev - Edik Albanyan
9. 1982 - Solar Wind (TV) - Misha, Laboratory Officer
10. 1983 - When Bach was playing (short) - pal
11. 1983 - Vacation by wound (movie-play) - Bear (not in the credits)
12. 1983 - Loop - Edik Albanyan
13. 1983 - Alarm Sunday - Karen Malayan, captain of the fire service, commander of a fire boat
14. 1984 - A guest from the future - Gogi, employee of the Institute of Time
15. 1985 - Shores in the Fog - French Colonel (uncredited)
16. 1986 - No statute of limitations - Petrosyan, captain
17. 1986 - Chicherin - Karahan
18. 1987 - Five letters of farewell - Vagan Teryan
19. 1994 - The Ides of March (film production) - Secretary of Caesar
20. 2000 - Maroseyka, 12 (Film No. 6 “Indian Summer”) - Alina's acquaintance in Moscow
21. 2000 - Detectives (Film 7 "Damn Bald") - Corkia
22. 2002 - My border - drug lord
23. 2004 - A bomb for the bride - father
24. 2006 - The Charm of Evil - Roche, Commissioner of the French Police
25. 2006 - Detectives-5 (Film 2 "Six Sixths") - Isaacson
26. 2009 - Flock - Mdivanbegi, Prince
27. 2010 - Elysium (not completed) - Vladimir Andreevich
28. 2010 - Zoya - Stalin
29. 2011 - Code of Honor 5 (Film No. 1 "New") - Boris
30. 2011 - Cop Wars-5 (Film No. 3 "Face to Face") - Revaz Anzorovich Kunashvili, plastic surgeon
31. 2011 - SOBR - Takhir Alievich Baysultanov, police colonel, deputy chief of the Stavropol police department
32. 2011 - I wish you myself - the customer
33. 2013 - Eugene Onegin (film production) - Larin's neighbor
34. 2014 - Moscow. Three stations (163rd Troubadour series) - Ippolit Dukhovsky (Deschan), collector
35. 2015 - Believe I do not believe - Fedor Kuzmich, Katya's neighbor, a walking encyclopedia

• Theater named after Vakhtangov. Ruben Simonov