Rodnyansky, Alexander Efimovich

Career start

Born in a family of filmmakers: his grandfather, screenwriter Zinovy ​​Borisovich Rodnyansky , was the editor-in-chief of the Documentary Film Studio (cousin of Zinovy ​​Rodnyansky - the famous film director Esfir Shub ); father, Efim Naumovich Fridman (1937-1977), was the chief engineer, mother - Larisa Zinovievna Rodnyanskaya (1938-2004) - director of the Contact Film Studio of the Union of Filmmakers of Ukraine ^[4] . Aunt Alexander Rodnyansky - Irina Rodnyansky , Russian literary critic and literary critic.

He graduated from the filmmaking department of Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television. I.K. Karpenko-Kary (workshop of the director Felix Sobolev ). In 1983 he came as a film director to the Kievnauchfilm studio. Rodnyansky's documentaries were awarded international and Russian awards. Among his works: “Tired Cities”, “Raoul Wallenberg's Mission”, “Date with Father”, “Farewell, USSR. Film I. Personal ”,“ Goodbye, USSR. Movie II. "

Television work

From 1990 to 1994 he worked as a producer and director of the leading German television channel ZDF ^[5] .

Returning to Ukraine, Rodnyansky created the first independent Ukrainian-language channel 1 + 1 in 1995 on the basis of the state’s first channel, and became, under his leadership, the leader of national television broadcasting.

For the first time, new genres and formats were presented for Ukrainian television at “1 + 1”: the international television magazine Telemania, the political talk show Tabu , the tough political debate 5 by 5, the famous comedy talk show SV Show , as well as screenings of the best films of the world cinema collection (films by Martin Scorsese , Sergio Leone , Peter Greenaway , Jim Jarmusch and others), American television series - Dynasty , Melrose Place , Beverly Hills 90210 , Detective Nash Bridges . A few months after the launch of the channels, the first studies showed high television ratings: the share of the audience over four years old was more than 35%. The television game “The First Million” was launched - the Ukrainian version of the famous international format “ Who wants to become a millionaire?” ", As well as the show" Dancing with the Stars. "

In 1997, Rodnyansky sold a 30% stake in the channel for $ 22 million to Central European Media Enterprises ^[6] .

In 1998, the 1 + 1 TV channel, together with NTV-Profit , shot the first episode of 90s life in the post-Soviet space - “ Bourgeois's Birthday ” (script by Yuri Rogoza, director Anatoly Mateshko). The project was a kind of first attempt to master new life in serial form and captivated the audience with its modernity and recognition - the share of the 1 + 1 audience was 60%.

In November 1999, Rodnyansky received an offer from Boris Berezovsky to become ORT general producer, but he refused, not wanting to leave “1 + 1” ^[7] .

In 2002, Rodnyansky resigned as CEO of 1 + 1, remaining his general producer until 2006, and owner until 2008, when he sold his shares to the American company CME ( Central European Media Enterprises ) for $ 220 million .

In 2002, he accepted the invitation of the STS channel shareholders to move to Moscow and head the channel. Since 2004, Rodnyansky headed the entire television holding STS Media .

Under the leadership of Rodnyansky, by 2006, according to TNS / Gallup Media, the average share of STS was 10.6% ^[6] . The channel brought success to the series “ Poor Nastya ”, “ Do not Be Born Beautiful ” and “ My Fair Nanny ”, which made it the country's main entertainment channel ^{[6] [8]} . In 2005, the Domashny television channel was launched. In 2006, STS Media became the first Russian company whose shares began to be traded on the NASDAQ ^[9] . The period of constant growth ended in the fall of 2006, the channel ratings went down ^[8] . In 2007, the “ Daddy's Daughters ” sitcom went on the air, which became one of the channel’s top rated sitcoms.

In 2008, Rodnyansky departed from the operational management of the holding, retaining the post of president of the company. Until 2009, continues to take part in the affairs of the company, remaining a member of the board of directors and shareholder. At the time of Rodnyansky’s departure, STS Media is one of Europe’s largest public media holdings with five television channels in three countries and a market capitalization of over $ 4 billion ^[10] .

In 2009, as a producer, Rodnyansky offered the National Media Group media holding several television projects, which was perceived by STS Media as work for a competitor ^[11] (which Rodnyansky could not do under the contract for two years after leaving STS Media ” ^[12] ), as a result of which he had to give up a third of the shares of CTC Media and options due to him ^[13] . In March 2010, Rodnyansky was officially appointed chairman of the expert council of the National Media Group ^[14] . Under his leadership, the REN TV and Channel Five channels restarted. Since 2011, Rodnyansky has completely focused on producing film and television content.

Work in the film industry

Rodnyansky is a producer of more than 30 feature films and 20 series, including the East-West (1999), Driver for Vera (2004), 9th Company (2005), Peter FM (2006) ), “ Heat ” (2006), “ Inhabited Island ” (2008).

In 2004, Rodnyansky acquired the Kinotavr film festival and headed its board of trustees. In 2008, Rodnyansky was invited to the jury of the Berlin Film Festival .

Rodnyansky is a co-founder and chairman of the German-Russian Film Academy, a member of the European Film Academy , the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia " Golden Eagle ", the Russian Film Academy " Nika ", the Board of the Academy of Russian Television , an associate member of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts (USA), honored artist of Ukraine, chairman of the jury of Tallinn and Yerevan film festivals, Artdock / Moscow festival.

Four films by Rodnyansky’s producer were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: the film “1001 Recipes for a Culinary Enamored” (director - Nana Dzhordzhadze, 1996), the film “East-West” (director - Regis Varnier, 2000 ), the film “ Leviathan ” (director - Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2015), the film “ Dislike ” (director - Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017).

In 2009, Rodnyansky created the management company AR Films, which combines the non-stop production cinema company, the developer and operator of the GameNet gaming platform and the publisher of Russian-language computer games, Syncopate ^[15] , the largest independent movie distributor, the company Cinema Without Borders and Russian Open Festival " Kinotavr ".

In 2009, a scandalous film by Pavel Bardin about Russian skinheads “Russia 88” was released, one of the producers of which was Alexander Rodnyansky . The film was included in the Panorama program of the Berlin Film Festival . In 2011, Rodnyansky produced the experimental picture of Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev, “I Love You,” which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

In 2011, Rodniansky produced Billy Bob Thornton 's film “The Jane Mansfield Machine,” which premiered in the competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival and the film “ Elena ”, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev . Elena won the special jury prize in the Cannes Special Look program and the Golden Eagle Award, and Zvyagintsev's work was awarded both Nika and the Golden Eagle. In 2012, Rodnyansky, together with Robert Rodriguez, produced the filming of the sequels “ Sin City ” and “ Machete ” ^[16] . In 2012, Rodniansky co-produced Tom Tykver and Andy and Lana Wachowski 's Cloud Atlas .

In 2013, a new film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and producer Alexander Rodnyansky's Stalingrad was released, which raised $ 51.76 million in Russian box office and became the highest-grossing Russian film of the decade. "Stalingrad" was the first Russian film ^{[17] to be} released in IMAX 3D format. According to the KinoPoisk website, the world fees for the film amounted to $ 68.2 million. The international premiere of Stalingrad took place at the International Film Festival in Rome. October 31, 2013 "Stalingrad" was released in China, setting an absolute record for the fees of a foreign film (not produced in the United States or Europe) ^[18] . The total fees of "Stalingrad" in China amounted to $ 11.5 million ^[19] .

In 2013, Rodniansky ’s book “Producer Comes Out ” was published at Mann, Ivanov and Ferber Publishing House. “A sincere, confidential story of a person about his life, full of action, bold ideas, intense struggle for his own decisions, meetings with amazing people from different eras and on different continents,” writes Andrei Zvyagintsev in the preface to the first edition ^[20] . In December 2015, Mann, Ivanov and Ferber publishes a second, expanded edition of the book with additional chapters on the films Stalingrad and Leviathan ^[21] .

In 2014, the competition program of the 67th Cannes International Film Festival hosted the premiere of the film " Leviathan " directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev and producer Alexander Rodnyansky. Leviathan was met with brilliant ^[22] press reviews and won a prize for Best Screenplay. In October 2014, Leviathan received the main prize at the London BFI Film Festival. In January 2015, the film was awarded the Golden Globe Award. "Leviathan" was also nominated for an Academy Award "Academy Award", but lost to Pavel Pavlikovsky's film " Ida ".

In 2015, he became the curator of the faculty "Production" at the Moscow School of Cinema ^[23] .

Producer

• 2004 - The Guide
• 2011 - “ Long live the antipodes!” "
• 2012 - " Nepal Forever " ^[27]
• 2017 - Edification ^[28]
• 2017 - “Andrei Zvyagintsev. Producer"

Director

• 1988 - Tired Cities
• 1989 - "Which of us is Shai?"
• 1990 - The Raoul Wallenberg Mission
• 1990 - "Date with the father"
• 1992 - 1994 - Goodbye, USSR
• 1993 - The March of the Living
• 1994 - Double Agent

Screenwriter

• 2004 - My Friend Lenka

• 2012 - Insanely Beautiful

Лауреат более пятидесяти международных и национальных премий в области кино и телевидения, среди которых:

• 1991 — Лауреат премии Европейской Киноакадемии «Феликс» в номинации «Лучший европейский документальный фильм» — фильм «Миссия Рауля Валленберга»
• 1991 — Гран-При МКФ Молодого кино в Валенсии — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм I. Личный»
• 1992 — Лауреат премии Российской Академии кинематографических искусств « Ника » в номинации « Лучший научно-популярный фильм » — фильм «Миссия Рауля Валленберга»
• 1992 — Специальный приз жюри документального кино в Нионе (Швейцария) — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм I. Личный»
• 1992 — Гран-При за лучший документальный фильм МКФ немецкого кино в Дуйсбурге
• 1993 — Специальный приз жюри фестиваля « Россия » за фильм «Марш живых» ^[30]
• 1994 — Номинант на премию Российской Академии кинематографических искусств « Ника » в номинации « Лучший документальный фильм » — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм I. Личный»
• 1994 — Приз «Серебряный голубь» МКФ неигрового и анимационного кино в Лейпциге — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм II»
• 1994 — Гран-при «Золотой кентавр» на кинофестивале « Послание к человеку » за фильм «Марш живых» ^[30]
• 1995 — Лауреат премии Российской Академии кинематографических искусств « Ника » в номинации «Лучший неигровой фильм» — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм II»
• 1995 — Приз жюри и приз FIPRESCI международного кинофестиваля неигрового кино в Ямагате (Япония) — фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм II»
• 1995 — Гран-при МКФ в Страсбурге , фильм «Прощай, СССР. Фильм II»
• 1996 — Номинация на премию американской киноакадемии « Оскар » в категории «Лучший иностранный фильм» — фильм « 1001 рецепт влюбленного кулинара » (режиссёр — Нана Джорджадзе )
• 2000 — Номинация на премию американской киноакадемии « Оскар » в категории «Иностранный фильм» — фильм « Восток-Запад » (режиссёр — Режис Варнье )
• 2004 — Гран-при Национальный премии «Медиа-менеджер России 2004»
• 2004 — Лауреат премии « Лавр » в номинации «Лучший документальный сериал, цикл документальных программ» за проект « „Тату“ в Поднебесной » ^[31]
• 2004 — Лауреат двух премий Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинации «Продюсер» за сериал « Бедная Настя » и в номинации «Программа для детей» за проект « Самый умный »
• 2005 — Лауреат двух премий Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинации «Продюсер» за сериал « Моя прекрасная няня » и в номинации «Информационно-развлекательная программа» за проект « Истории в деталях »
• 2005 — Лауреат премии «Человек года GQ» в номинации «Продюсер года»
• 2006 — Лауреат премии российской академии кинематографических искусств « Золотой орёл » в номинации «Лучший игровой фильм» — фильм « 9 рота» (режиссёр Фёдор Бондарчук )
• 2006 — Лауреат премии Российской Академии кинематографических искусств « Ника » в номинации «Лучший игровой фильм» — фильм « 9 рота » (режиссёр Фёдор Бондарчук)
• 2006 — Лауреат четырёх премий Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинации «Продюсер» за сериал « Не родись красивой », в номинации «Информационно-развлекательная программа» за проект « Истории в деталях », в номинации «Музыкальная программа» за проект «По волне моей памяти» и в номинации «Специальный проект» за музыкальный фильм «Ночь в стиле детства»
• 2007 — Лауреат премии Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинации «Информационно-развлекательная программа» за проект « Истории в деталях »
• 2008 — Лауреат четырёх премий Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинациях «Продюсер фильма/сериала» и «Ситком» за сериал « Папины дочки », в номинации «Информационно-развлекательная программа» за проект « Истории в деталях » и в номинации «Развлекательная программа: юмор» за проект « Слава богу, ты пришёл! "
• 2009 — Лауреат двух премий Академии российского телевидения « ТЭФИ » в номинации «Ситком» за сериал « Папины дочки » и в номинации «Телевизионная игра» за программу « Самый умный »
• 2010 — Лауреат премии «Клуба телепрессы» в номинации «Программа сезона» за запуск программы « Справедливость » ^[32]
• 2011 — Лауреат премии российской академии кинематографических искусств «Золотой орёл» в номинации «Лучший игровой фильм» — « Елена » (режиссёр Андрей Звягинцев )
• 2012 — Лауреат премии «Человек года GQ» в номинации «Продюсер года»
• 2012 — Лауреат премии « Лавровая ветвь » в номинации «Лучший неигровой кинофильм» за фильм « Да здравствуют антиподы! » ^[33]
• 2012 — Лауреат премии « Белый слон » в номинации «Лучший документальный фильм» за фильм «Да здравствуют антиподы!» ^[34]
• 2012 — Лауреат премии фестиваля « Россия » в номинации «Главный приз» за фильм «Да здравствуют антиподы!» ^[35]
• 2013 — Лауреат премии российской академии кинематографических искусств « Золотой орел » в номинации «Лучший телефильм или мини-сериал (до 10 серий включительно)» — « Белая гвардия » (режиссёр Сергей Снежкин )
• 2015 — Лауреат премии российской академии кинематографических искусств « Золотой орёл » в номинации «Лучший телефильм или мини-сериал (до 10 серий включительно)» — « Бесы » (режиссёр Владимир Хотиненко )

• Alexander Rodnyansky on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"