Aleksander Anatolievich Proshkin (born March 25, 1940 ) - Soviet and Russian film director , screenwriter , People's Artist of the Russian Federation ( 1995 ), USSR State Prize laureate ( 1989 ).
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| Birth name | Alexander Anatolyevich Proshkin | |||||
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| Profession | film director , screenwriter | |||||
| Career | 1961 - present | |||||
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Biography
Alexander Proshkin was born March 25, 1940 in Leningrad in the family of the artist Anatoly Proshkin [1] .
In 1961 he graduated from the acting department of the A.N. Ostrovsky Leningrad Theater Institute , where he studied at the Boris Zon course. From 1961 to 1966, Alexander Proshkin was in the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater under the direction of Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov , whose personality had a great influence on the young actor [2] .
In 1968 he graduated from the Higher Directing Courses at the USSR State Radio and Television.
For many years he worked as a director in the Main Edition of the literary and drama programs of the Central Television, and then in the television screen “Ekran”. In 1975, Alexander Proshkin shot one of the first Soviet television series Olga Sergeevna with Tatyana Doronina in the title role. The film caused a heated debate in the press [1] . The film " Dangerous Age " with Alisa Freindlich and Juozas Budraitis in the lead roles, shot by Proshkin in 1981 , fell in love with viewers and was repeatedly shown on television.
In 1986, the historical and biographical series Mikhailo Lomonosov (the main prize of the All-Union Television Festival in 1988 ), filmed by Alexander Proshkin at the Mosfilm film studio , appeared on television screens. The director returned to the idea of creating the ZhZL genre - a series of television films about the life of prominent personalities of Russia in 1990 , creating the television series Nikolai Vavilov about the tragic fate of a genius scientist-geneticist .
In 1988, the film “The Cold Summer of the Fifty-third ... ” set by him with Anatoly Papanov and Valery Priyykhov in the lead roles, was awarded the national film award “Nika” , the USSR State Prize (1989), the Main Prize at the All-Union Film Festival ( 1988 ), and the IFF Grand Prix in Valenciennes ( 1989 ), and also recognized as the Best Film of the Year according to a survey by the Soviet Screen magazine.
In 1999, the director directed the film “ Russian Revolt ” based on the story of A. Pushkin “The Captain's Daughter ”. In 2000, the film participated in the Main Program of the IFF in Berlin , and was also awarded the following prizes:
- ORKF " Kinotavr " in Sochi - Special Jury Prize
- IFF " Listapad " in Minsk - Grand Prix "Gold" Listapada " .
The film “ Trio ” ( 2003 ) won the Special Jury Award for directing at the 2003 Window to Europe Film Festival in Vyborg.
In 2005, Proshkin directed the 11-episode television series Doctor Zhivago , an adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s novel of the same name . The work was awarded in 2006 by the Golden Eagle national film award in the nomination "For the best television series" , as well as the Silver Knight Prize for the best television feature film at the Golden Knight Film Festival of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples ( 2007 ).
In 2008, Alexander Proshkin filmed the story of V. Rasputin " Live and Remember ." The picture received many film awards:
- All-Russian Shukshin Film Festival in Altai 2008 - Grand Prix
- XIV International Film Festival of Human Rights Films "Stalker" in Moscow - Prize named after V. Frida
- ORKF “Kinotavr” in Sochi 2008: Prize for Best Director
- Vivat Cinema of Russia! Foundation in St. Petersburg 2009 - Prize for Best Director
- International Film Festival of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples “ Golden Knight ” 2009 - “Silver Knight” and Diploma of the festival in the competition of feature films
- XV Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina - Grand Prix "Garnet Bracelet" for the best film .
In 2009 , the director’s new film “ Miracle ” was awarded the prizes of a number of film festivals:
- IFF in Moscow - Special prize of the jury “Silver George” .
- XV International Film Festival of Human Rights Films “Stalker” in Moscow - “Stalker” Prize for the best feature film .
- International charity film festival "Radiant Angel" in Moscow - Special jury prize for directing .
In 2011, Alexander Proshkin completed work on the film adaptation of Friedrich Gorenstein ’s novel “ Atonement ” [3] .
In September 2012, the film “Atonement” received the prize of the prestigious Montreal Film Festival [4] "For Outstanding Artistic Contribution" ( Best Artistic Contribution ) [5] . The film also won awards at film festivals:
- Amur Autumn Festival, Blagoveshchensk - prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics of Russia .
- Orenburg International Film Festival “East and West. Classic and avant-garde ”- Prize for directing“ Golden Sarmatian Lion ” .
- X Moscow festival of domestic cinema "Moscow Premiere" - Prize of the editorial board of the newspaper "Moscow Komsomolets" .
- XVIII International Film Festival of Human Rights Films “Stalker” - Special Jury Award to Director Alexander Proshkin for the film “Atonement” and for his loyalty to the theme of human rights .
- XIX Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina - Grand Prix "Garnet Bracelet" .
- XI International War Cinema Festival named after Yu. N. Ozerova [6] - Grand Prix "Golden Sword" and the prize "Golden Sword" for best directing
In 2014, he was chairman of the jury of the XXII film festival “Vivat Cinema of Russia” [7] . He was awarded the prize "For Spirituality in Culture" [8] .
In 2015, in the year of the 75th anniversary of Alexander Proshkin, two new films by the director were released: “Protection” [9] and “Paradise”, an adaptation of Vampilov ’s play “Duck Hunt” [2] .
In 2015, the film “Paradise” received the main prize “Golden Snow Glasses” (Best Film) in the Arctic film contest of the III Yakutsk International Film Festival [10] .
He directed the workshop at the faculty of directing of the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting Ostankino (2014-2015) [11] .
He is the head of the film directing workshop at the Higher Courses of Film and Television at VGIK [12] .
Son - Andrey Proshkin - Russian film director, screenwriter.
Filmography
Directing
- 1972 - Notes of the Pickwick Club
- 1975 - Olga Sergeevna
- 1976 - Doctor of Philosophy
- 1978 - Risk Strategy
- 1979 - Inspector Gull
- 1980 - Private person
- 1981 - Dangerous Age
- 1982 - I visited again ... ( I. M. Smoktunovsky reads verses by A. S. Pushkin )
- 1986 - Mikhailo Lomonosov
- 1987 - Fifty-third Cold Summer ...
- 1990 - Nikolay Vavilov
- 1992 - See Paris and die
- 1995 - Black Veil
- 1999 - Russian riot
- 2003 - Trio
- 2006 - Dr. Zhivago
- 2008 - Live and Remember
- 2009 - Miracle
- 2011 - Atonement
- 2015 - Paradise
- 2015 - Security
Screenwriting
- 1979 - Inspector Gull
- 1990 - Nikolay Vavilov
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Proshkin Alexander Anatolyevich // Who is who in modern culture: In 2 issue. / Ch. ed. S. M. Semenov, ed. and comp. N.I. Shadrina, R.V. Pigarev et al. - M .: MK-Periodika, 2006-2007. - ISBN 5-93696-007-3 , 5-93696-010-2.
- ↑ 1 2 Alexander Proshkin: Our life is like “Duck Hunt” . Evening Moscow (March 23, 2015). Date of treatment March 26, 2015.
- ↑ Alexander Proshkin: I’m making films so that we don’t have ours and ours . RIA Novosti (November 1, 2012). Date of treatment November 4, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
- ↑ AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL - MONTRÉAL 2012 . World Film Festival of Montreal. Date of treatment November 2, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
- ↑ The Atonement conquered Montreal without the help of the Ministry of Culture . Labor (September 7, 2012). Date of treatment November 4, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Military film festival named after Yu.N. Ozerov - a military movie cruiser . proficinema.ru. Date of treatment April 17, 2014.
- ↑ Proshkin about “Viva Cinema of Russia!”: Only kamikaze Go to the jury . piter.tv (May 12, 2014).
- ↑ “Vivat Cinema of Russia!” - 2014: results . The site of the Union of Russian Filmmakers (May 16, 2014). Date of treatment May 21, 2014.
- ↑ Valery Kichin. Cold summer is leaving. Director Alexander Proshkin explores a normal person in abnormal circumstances . Russian newspaper (March 24, 2015). Date of treatment March 26, 2015.
- ↑ In the capital of Yakutia, the international film festival summed up the results // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, September 8, 2015
- ↑ Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting "Ostankino" . Date of treatment November 18, 2015.
- ↑ Higher courses of film and television VGIK . Date of treatment November 18, 2015.
Links
- Encyclopedia of domestic cinema : Alexander Proshkin. Festivals and Prizes
- Alexander Proshkin : For those who have not lost shame
- Valery Kichin : WRENCH NOT SMALL Alexander Alexander Proshkin made a film about the war after the war , Rossiyskaya Gazeta 11/08/2011
- Alexander Proshkin: He wanted to make a film about Baron Ungern . sem40.ru. Date of treatment July 26, 2013. Archived on August 13, 2013.