Ivan Aleksandrovich Menzheritsky ( April 12, 1937 , Moscow - April 16, 2012 , New York ) - Soviet and American screenwriter, TV presenter, writer.
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| Birth name | Ivan Alexandrovich Mengeritsky |
| Date of Birth | April 12, 1937 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , RSFSR , USSR |
| Date of death | April 16, 2012 (75 years old) |
| Place of death | New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  USA |
| Profession | screenwriter |
| Career | 1964-1993 |
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Biography
Ivan Menzheritsky was born on April 12, 1937 in Moscow. At first he worked as a journalist, later switched to cinema and television.
The first documentary film “Carnations Need Lovers” according to his script was released in 1964. The author of the scripts of many Soviet films and television series.
For several years he was chairman of the Moscow Writers Committee.
Since the 1990s, he lived in New York. For several years he collaborated with the film company 20th Century Fox , was the producer of several films. In total, he participated in the creation of more than one hundred feature films, television, documentaries and popular science films. He worked as a program director and TV presenter of the American Russian-language television and radio company WMNB.
Since 2002, he has focused on creating prose fiction; wrote stories, novels, novels. Four books were published: “When will we get married, Vanechka?”, “To jail for dancing by invitation cards”, “Autumn at Marinpark” and “To heaven on a hearse”.
He died in New York on April 16, 2012 after a long illness, buried at Ocean View Cemetery. [1]
Filmography
Screenwriter
- 1964 - Lovers need cloves (documentary)
- 1967 - Special Opinion
- 1972 - Washington correspondent
- 1974 - Anna and the Commander
- 1976 - The Great Tamer
- 1977 - Meeting on the far meridian . Based on Mitchell Wilson's novel
- 1977 - Dialogue
- 1977 - First passengers
- 1979 - Antarctic Tale
- 1980 - Rebellion . Based on the novel by Dmitry Furmanov
- 1980 - Private person
- 1982 - Profession - Investigator
- 1983 - The Accusation
- 1985 - We blame!
- 1986 - 1987 - proceed with the investigation
- 1987 - Applicant ( Czech. Uchazeč ; USSR, Czechoslovakia)
- 1988 - Past Return
- 1994 - Victory Strategy
Producer
- 1991 - Mad Dog Coll ( English Mad Dog Coll ; USA)
- 1992 - Kill The Dutchman ( Eng. Hit The Dutchman ; USA)
- 1993 - Crime and Punishment ( English Crime and punishment , USA)
Bibliography
- “When will you get married, Vanechka?”
- “To jail for dancing by invitation cards”
- “Autumn at Marinepark”
- "To heaven on a hearse."