Tatarsky, Evgeny Markovich

Eugene Tatarsky was born on September 10, 1938 in Leningrad. He studied at school number 107 of the Vyborg district . After school, he entered the Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute , after studying for a year, dropped out of the institute and tried to enter the acting department of the Theater Institute , but did not score the required points. After serving three years in the army, he entered the directing department of the Theater Institute, passed exams, but did not pass an interview. Came to work at the Leningrad film studio of popular science films ; For a year he worked as a laborer, loaded boards and film strip, after which he became an assistant director. He worked in this capacity from 1961 to the beginning of 1964, traveled with film crews throughout the Soviet Union, from the Arctic Ocean to the border with Iran ^[2] .

Working at the Lennauchfilm , Yevgeny Tatarsky began to study in the correspondence department at the Institute of Culture at the faculty of cultural and educational work at the department "Director of Amateur Theaters" (workshop of L. G. Teplyakova), graduated in 1969 ^[3] . In 1964, he began working at the Lenfilm film studio, first he was an assistant director (in the films Crash , Worker Village , In the City of S. ), then the second director on the set of the films Salute, Mary! ”,“ Bad good man ”,“ Under a stone sky ”, on the Soviet-American film“ Blue Bird ”. Already working as a second director, he was enrolled in the third year of the television directing department of LGITMiK . As a thesis, he shot the short film “ Fire in the wing ” based on the story of Victor Dragunsky , who received the Grand Prix of the festival of television films in Munich ^[2] .

Since 1976 - Director . In 1977, he shot the psychological detective " Golden Mine " - one of the most popular films of the seventies ^[3] . In 1979, the serial film " The Adventures of Prince Florizel " was released. According to film critic Lidia Maslova , “the film has a well-deserved fame as one of the main Lenfilm television hits, which effortlessly combines classic lines of English cut and frivolous accessories, reverence for the genre of costume adaptation and an ironic play with it” ^[3] .

From 1998 to 2002, Eugene Markovich filmed television series. His last directorial work was the mini-series "Niro Wolfe and Archie Goodwin" , which he himself perceived as a failure ^[4] . In 2009-2010, he participated in the filming of some episodes of the television series " Word to the Woman ." ^[five]

Since 1991 , he was deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the IC ; since 2001, he was the chairman of the St. Petersburg IC ^[3] .

Evgeny Markovich died on February 23, 2015 in St. Petersburg ^[6] . According to his friends, “... recently, Evgeny Tatarsky was injured. Today afternoon at home Tatarsky sharply became worse. It was not possible to save him ” ^[7] . He was buried in the cemetery in Repino , next to his wife’s grave. ^[8]

Director

• 1973 - Fire in the wing / director (diploma, short film)
• 1976 - Seventy-two degrees below zero / director
• 1977 - Golden Mine / Director
• 1979 - Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a titled person (The Adventures of Prince Florizel) / Director
• 1980 - Lyalka-Ruslan and his friend Sanka / director
• 1982 - For no apparent reason / director
• 1984 - Charlotte's Necklace / Director
• 1987 - Jack Vosmerkin, American / Director, Screenwriter
• 1988 - The Presumption of Innocence / Director
• 1991 - Blood Drinkers / Director
• 1993 - Prison Romance / Director
• 1998 - Streets of Broken Lights (Cops. Part 9: Inferno, Invasion of Privacy) / Director, Scriptwriter (TV series)
• 2000 - Destructive power (series "Trail of the Capercaillie", "Tactics of close combat", "Shock wave", "Preventive measure") / director (TV series)
• 2001 - 2002 - Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (films “Flying Gun”, “Resurrect to Die”, “The Case in the Hat”, “A Voice from the Other World”, “Until I Die”) / Director (TV series))
• 2009 - 2010 - A word to a woman (television series)

• Eugene Tatarsky. Filmmaker's notes about many and a little about himself . - BHV-Petersburg, 2012 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 978-5-9775-0766-0 .

Among the heroes of the book: filmmakers Vladimir Vengerov , Joseph Kheifits , Alexander Ivanov ; playwright Alexander Volodin ; composers Isaac Schwartz , Alexander Zhurbin , Sergey Kuryokhin ; artists Oleg Dal , Lyubov Polishchuk , Donatas Banionis , Marina Vladi , Kirill Lavrov , Marina Neyolova , Alexander Abdulov , Konstantin Khabensky and many others. The book is illustrated by photographs from the author’s archive. The first presentation of the publication took place on December 14, 2011 .

• The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree ( April 5, 2009 ) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic cinema and many years of creative activity ' ^[9] .
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation ( July 19, 2004 ) - for great merits in the field of art ^[1] .
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation ( August 2, 1997 ) - for his merits in the field of art ^[10] .
• Grand Prix of the International Festival of Television Films in Munich (1973) for the film “ Fire in the Wing ” ^[11] .

• Profile on the KinoPoisk website. Ru
• Filmography on the site nashekino.ru
• Irina Pavlova . A man of ancient qualities (neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . St. Petersburg Gazette (February 25, 2015). Date of treatment February 25, 2015. Archived February 25, 2015.
• In memory of the master of the detective: friends and colleagues recall Eugene Tatarsky // TV channel "St. Petersburg", 02.24.2015