Sinelnikov, Vladimir Lvovich

Born November 29, 1937 in Moscow. After graduating from school in 1955, with a gold medal, he was enrolled without exams at the Moscow State Institute of History and Archives (MGIAI) , where he successfully completed his studies in 1960, receiving the specialty “historian-archivist”.

Vladimir Sinelnikov began his career in 1961 in the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets , occupying the only vacancy of the head of the audit bureau.

He worked as a columnist for the cinema of the department of literature and art of “Moskovskaya Pravda” . Annually covered the events of the Moscow Film Festival in the publication "Sputnik of the Moscow Film Festival."

From 1972 to 1987 he was the executive secretary in the magazine “Art of Cinema” .

He was the artistic director of the creative associations “Partner”, “Camera”, “101”, “Studio 1.2.3” ^[1] , whose artistic council included film director Elem Klimov , writer Sergey Zalygin , playwright Alexander Gelman , academicians Evgeny Velikhov and Leonid Abalkin .

In 1994, Studio 1.2.3 became one of the founders of Teleexpress-31 Channel.

In 1995-1999, Vladimir Sinelnikov held the position of General Director of Channel 31 television ^{[1] [2]} , later - M1, Domashniy . In the same place did the TV program "Our Hyde Park" ^[3] .

After the Communications and Communications Center of the Ministry of Communications in 1998 sold its share of the Lukoil oil corporation, in July 1999 Sinelnikov left Channel 31 ^[4] , not considering for himself, as he said, to be involved in the emergence of in front of the audience of the “ yellow ” news, which is read by the announcer, undressing during their announcement, he told about it in 2001 on the pages of the Moscow News newspaper ^[5] . In 1999, Sinelnikov became general producer of VKT television (Moscow).

Over the past 12 years, he participated in holding the Russian Film Week in New York as a general producer, and in 2009-2011 - the general director ^{[6] [7]} .

Founder, CEO and art director of the Cloto television studio ^[8] , and together with Vadim Shulman Cloto Plus.

Scripted over 100 films, awarded 20 national and international film festivals awards, including prizes in Berlin, New York, Switzerland, etc., author of over 500 articles in periodicals and in scientific collections on the theory and history of documentary films and television.

In 2015, he made accusations against the Israeli bank Hapoalim, which, according to him, was illegally denied service.

He died at the age of 81 on October 28, 2018 in Moscow ^[9] .

Wife - Elena Kolesnichenko. Children from other marriages: daughter Tatyana (1968), son Vladimir (1980).

In 2013, as one of the founders, he spoke in Novaya Gazeta with an open appeal to academics of the Russian Television Academy , in which he expressed his own concern about the refusal of a number of television companies to participate in the TEFI competition in particular, about the situation as a whole in general ^[10] .

In 2017, he signed an open appeal by the Congress of Intellectuals and the human rights community, in which he called on the Russian authorities to stop the campaign of harassing dissidents on federal television channels, closing political programs on television that carry out this vile harassment, and stop the shameful processes of Kirill Serebrenikov and Yuri Dmitriev , other processes , motivated by political reasons, and release all political prisoners ^[11] .

• Member of the Union of Journalists
• Member of the Union of Cinematographers
• Full member (academician) of the International Academy of Information Science, Information Processes and Technologies
• Full member (academician) of the International Academy of Television and Radio Broadcasting
• Full member (academician) of the Eurasian Academy of Radio and Television
• Member of the Academy of Russian Television (since 2010)
• Full member (academician) of the International Academy of Management

Tetralogy "Bell of Chernobyl"

In May 1986, as part of the film crew, along with director Rolland Sergienko, Vladimir Sinelnikov went to shoot a documentary film on the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant . According to the script he wrote, the film “The Bell of Chernobyl” was filmed, shown in all countries of the world where there is television.

According to the scenarios of Vladimir Sinelnikov, the films were made: “Do not ask for whom the bell tolls”, “The bell rings for you”, “Approaching the Apocalypse. Chernobyl is nearby. ”

And 25 years later, there, in the Chernobyl zone, closed to life, Vladimir Sinelnikov shot the film “From Chernobyl to Fukushima”.

In the tetralogy of Chernobyl in the context of the lifetimes of human civilization, well-known scholars and politicians, religious figures, in particular, Pope John Paul II, who never gave an interview and made the only exception to express their opinion on whether the end of the world after Chernobyl.

The film "Academician Sakharov - a man for all times"

Shown in dozens of countries around the world.

Dilogy "Eh, Russia, you, Russia ..."

“The People and the Authority”, “The Artist and the Authority” - a narration about the first after the deportation arrival to the Soviet Union by special permission of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU directed by Yury Lyubimov for ten days - to restore the play Boris Godunov staged before leaving the theater.

Mirages and Hope Movie

The story of the formation of Russian aliya in Israel, its rooting into the country, about the most prominent figures of political, social and cultural life.

Day and Century

Eleven continuous film monitoring of the life of students of one class, from “zero” to graduation eleventh, a unique study of the formation of personality, a collective portrait of the young generation of the late 20th century.

The Last Myth

An 18-series telecycle confirming the words of B. N. Yeltsin who spoke at Poklonnaya Hill in the year of the 50th anniversary of the Victory: “There are still unwritten and torn pages in the history of the war”. Shown on TV-6 in January-February 2000 ^{[12] [13] [14]} .

Shadow of Faberge feature film

Movie and TV version. The plot is based on the search and discovery of the last Easter egg of the famous jeweler, which was created for the imperial family, and the revolution and the execution of the imperial family itself prevented the completion of the work on it.

The documentary series “The Third World Started”

The cycle talks about the global danger of the 21st century - international terrorism ^[15] . In the work on the series, the crew of the Cloto Plus studio invited the filmmakers of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, the USA, Europe, and the United Kingdom to take part. The premiere films of the series “On the Territory”, “Casino Terror” ^[16] , “The Black Tag” ^[17] and “Notre Dame de Paris” were held in Moscow, in New York at the United Nations, at the National Press Club in Washington in Europe, in Israel. The channel RTVi cycle was shown in 49 countries ^[18] .

"Islanders"

The International Civil Forum "Pilorama" is held in the former GULAG camp, and now the only Museum of the history of political repression in Russia "Perm-36". The forum received such a name because it is held at the site of the power-saw bench where the political prisoners worked. “Sawmill” is an annual “traditional gathering” of human rights activists and simply free people. Someone called this forum "free island", and its participants and guests "islanders". The film "Islanders" became a monument to the "Sawmills" because the authorities closed the forum.

"GRU - Myths and Reality"

For more than 10 years, Cloto has been working on the creation of the series “GRU - Myths and Reality” - about the history and outstanding figures of the national military intelligence. The GRU for the first time opened its archives for the creation of this cycle and gave permission to interview 47 military intelligence officers.

Documentary film "Shimon Peres - a man from the future"

This is a film-portrait against the background of the era. About Shimon Peres, about the past and present of the Middle East and the whole modern world in the film reason: US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, writer, author of the biographical book about Peres Michael Bar-Zahar (Israel) , the righteous world of peace, Vladislav Bartoshevsky (Poland), the first president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, film director Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), Arab journalist Salameh Nemat and many others.

• "Bell of Chernobyl", 1986 ^{[19] [20] [21]}
• "Do not ask for whom the bell tolls", 1990
• "The bell rings for you", 1989
• “Approaching the Apocalypse. Chernobyl is next ”, 1991
• “From Chernobyl to Fukushima”, 2011
• "Day and Century"
• "Academician Sakharov - Man for All Seasons"
• "Eh, Russia, you, Russia ..." (2 series)
• The Last Myth (18 episodes), 1999
• Furious Zurab, 2004
• Trilogy "Memories of the present"
• Shadows of Faberge, 2008 ^[22]
• "Mirages and hopes"
• “On the Edge” from the “Third World Star” cycle, 2008 ^[23]
• Casino Terror from the Third World Star series, 2009
• The Black Mark (2 episodes) from the Third World Star series, 2010
• “Notre Dame de Paris” (4 series) from the “Third World Star” series, 2011 ^[24]
• Islanders 2012
• “Shimon Peres - a man from the future”, 2013 ^[25]

• 1987: "The Bell of Chernobyl" is listed in the "Guinness Book of Records" as a film that was shown in all countries of the world where there is television.

• 1996: V. L. Sinelnikov is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the creator of Channel 31, which was broadcast on 20-hour broadcasts without external investment.

• 1998: Laureate of the Moscow Mayor's Prize in Literature and Art (1998) for personal creative contributions to work on programs dedicated to the activities of the Moscow Government : “Our Hyde Park”, “Non-telephone conversation”, “City News”.

• 2006: Vladimir Sinelnikov was awarded the “Order of Courage” by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 21, 2006 N 419 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation to active participants in the aftermath of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP” ^[26]

• 2008: Shadows of Faberge. Audience Award at the First All-Russian Film Festival “Golden Phoenix”.

• 2009: In April 2009, at the XI International Festival of Detective Films and Television Programs DetectiveFest, held in Moscow under the motto “Fighting Crime and Terrorism - the cause of the entire world community!”, Vladimir Sinelnikov’s film “Terror Casino” received a special prize in the nomination "Terrorism is a threat to the world."

• 2011: The artistic-documentary film “Notre Dame de Paris” at the XIII International Eurasian Tele-Forum received a special jury prize. A special commemorative award to the “Third World Star” cycle of the Mayor of New York, M. Bloomberg, on behalf of the relatives of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist act in New York . The series “Third World Started” award “For the best professional work” at the 2011 All-Russian Competition of the Union of Journalists of Russia.

• 2012: The documentary film "The Islanders" won the Moscow Helsinki Group Award ^[27] .

• "In New York with Victor Topaller". Vladimir Sinelnikov, February 19, 2004
• "In New York with Victor Topaller". Vladimir Sinelnikov, 2008 (not available link)
• "In New York with Victor Topaller". Vladimir Sinelnikov. January 16, 2011 (unavailable link)

• Site of the television studio Cloto (inaccessible link)
• Vladimir Sinelnikov Channel on YouTube
• “Time and we” in the films of Vladimir Sinelnikov on Civil Television
• Films of Vladimir Sinelnikov on Network Public Television
• Films of Vladimir Sinelnikov on the First World Jewish Television (inaccessible link)