Valentin Dmitrievich Soshnikov (born November 4, 1944 , Leningrad ) is a Russian television and theater director, television journalist , professor , and honored cultural worker of the Russian Federation .
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| Birth name | Valentin Dmitrievich Soshnikov |
| Date of Birth | November 4, 1944 ( 74) |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , USSR |
| Citizenship |  Russia |
| Profession | theater director , director , theater teacher |
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Biography
In 1962 he entered the Leningrad State Institute of Culture. N.K. Krupskaya (faculty of directing), and in 1963 at the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography at the directing faculty, course of professor, people's artist of the USSR G.A. Tovstonogov .
Creativity
He took directing and acting in diploma performances: “A visible song”, “West Side Story”, which became theatrical legends.
After graduation, he worked as a stage director in the theaters of Leningrad and Karelia, and in 1969 he joined the Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Executive Committee of the City Executive Committee (hereinafter referred to as State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Petersburg - Channel 5 , OJSC Petersburg - Channel 5), where he worked for 40 years in various positions.
Theatrical performances
Over the entire period of his creative activity as a director, he staged the following performances:
- A. Kochkov "Elephant",
- P. Pavlovsky "Elegy",
- I. Ganev “Boat in the Forest”,
- K. Goldoni “Mistress of the hotel”,
- E. Schwartz "Dragon",
- W. Shakespeare "Hamlet",
- W. Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet",
- B. Brecht “Fear and Despair in the Third Empire”,
- B. Brecht "Good man from Sichuan",
- A. Ostrovsky “Dowry”,
- "Songs of the Stars" - a parody of show business.
TV shows and movies
He began his creative career on television as a director of the youth editorial board of the Horizon of the Leningrad Television, then became the chief director of the editorial board From 14 to 18 for teenagers. On Leningrad Television, he worked as the chief director of the Main Edition of Propaganda, the main director of the Main Edition of Information and Journalistic Broadcasting, the art director and the chief editor of television broadcasting.
In 1980, he broadcast as the director of football matches of the Olympic Games in Moscow. He received more than two dozen letters and diplomas for his work on films and programs of various television genres for the entire period of his creative activity on TV. Repeatedly was a member of the jury of the All-Union, All-Russian, regional television festivals - competitions.
From 1992 to 2000 - Deputy Director of Broadcasting Television, Director of the Fifth TV Channel, Chief Director of the Program Directorate of the TV and Radio Company “Petersburg - Channel 5”.
From 2003 to 2006 - Program Director of the St. Petersburg television station STO .
The director of well-known television films: “Memory”, “The Last Song of Lazarus”, “Interrogation” (a serial film), “A Word about the Case”. Director of more than 1000 television programs of various genres - journalistic, informational, musical, dramatic, sports.
Teaching activities
Since 1979, he began teaching first as a teacher, and later as a head teacher at the Department of Television of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (now the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts).
Teaching experience - more than 30 years.
In 1983, the department of directing TV was approved by the master, course leader. Since that time, he has produced six episodes of television directors, and in 2005 he released a full-time acting course of leading television programs.
In 1992, she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in the Department of Television Directing.
In 2000, he was appointed the first vice-rector of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts and the director of the school of television excellence of OJSC “TV and Radio Company Petersburg-5 Channel”).
Over the years, the head (master) of the courses of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts has graduated more than 300 students - directors and actors working in various regions of Russia, near and far abroad countries, among them holders of honorary titles, laureates of numerous television and theater international and Russian contests and festivals.
In 2001 - the academic title of professor.
In 2006, he was appointed head of the department of multimedia directing - programs at the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions. Member of the Council of the educational-methodical association in the direction of "Cinema" (the basic higher educational institution - VGIK) under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation since 2008.
During his work as the head of the multimedia directing department, he carried out five graduations of students.
In the period from 2006 to 2011, he organizes and conducts All-Russian scientific and practical conferences "Problems of the preparation of multimedia directors."
He is a member of the Academic Council of the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions .
He created the curriculum “Multimedia Directing”, “Fundamentals of Directing”, “Theory and Practice of Editing”.
Published in various periodicals on television and art. The author of books, teaching aids and training programs in directing and acting.
Among them:
- "Specificity of the video",
- “Editing is one of the expressive means in directing film and TV”,
- “Fundamentals of Television Journalism”,
- "Fundamentals of mastery of the TV presenter."
- "The art of multimedia."
Prepared the monograph “The Art of Multimedia. Multimedia and technology ”(2011),“ The art of multimedia. Multimedia and creativity ”(2012).
Rewards
He is the director of the highest category of television and theater.
Member of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg since 1981. Member of the International Association of Journalists since 1998.
In September 2011, he was elected the Academic Council of St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise as Honorary Professor with the presentation of the mantle and badge.
He has government awards: the Order of the Badge of Honor , the Veteran of Labor medal , and the medal In Honor of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg.
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation for the merits in the field of culture and many years of fruitful work he was awarded the title " Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation ".