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Karen Shakhnazarov | |
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Карен Шахназаров | |
 Shakhnazarov in 2019 | |
| Born | Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (1952-07-08)8 July 1952 (age 72) |
| Alma mater | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Title | People's Artist of Russia (2002) (2023) |
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian:Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter.[1] He became the director general ofMosfilm[2] in 1998.
Shakhnazarov is the son of aGeorgy Shakhnazarov, a politician ofArmenian descent, and aRussian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova.[3][4] Shakhnazarov is one of several living descendants of the famous Melik-Shahnazarian princely family fromNagorno-Karabakh. The Melik-Shahnazarians ruled Nagorno-Karabakh's province of Varanda in medieval and modern times.[5]
His 1987 filmCourier was entered into the15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize.[6] In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the24th Moscow International Film Festival.[7] Since 2005 he has been a member of thePublic Chamber of Russia.[citation needed]
His 2012 filmWhite Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for theBest Foreign Language Oscar at the85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[8]
In 1998, Shakhnazarov was appointed a member of the board of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Cinematography.[9]
In April 2000, Shakhnazarov signed a letter supportingthe policy of therecently electedRussian PresidentVladimir Putin inChechnya.[10][11]
In 2001, Shakhnazarov was appointed a member of the board of theMinistry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[12]
From 2006 to 2011, Shakhnazarov was a member of theCivic Chamber of the Russian Federation.[13] He was Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Cultural Development and, since 2008, Chairman of the Commission for Culture.
Since January 2012, Shakhnazarov has been a member of the "People's Headquarters" for the city ofMoscow ofRussian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.[14]
In March 2014, Shakhnazarov supported theannexation of Crimea and signed aletter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in support of the annexation.[15][16][17] For this he was banned from enteringUkraine.[18][19]
In September 2016, Shakhnazarov became a trusted representative of theUnited Russia party in the2016 Russian legislative election.[13]
In January 2018, Shakhnazarov became a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin in the2018 Russian presidential election.[20] Also in 2018, he became a trusted representative ofMoscow mayoral candidateSergey Sobyanin.[13][21]
On 15 January 2020, Shakhnazarov was included in the working group for preparing proposals to amend theConstitution of Russia.[13][22]
On 24 February 2022, Shakhnazarov publicly supported theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[23]
On 28 April 2022, on theRussia-1 TV channel, Shakhnazarov threatened critics of the war with mass reprisals:
These opponents of the letter "Z" must understand that if they expect that they will be spared, no, they will not be spared. Everything is getting serious now. If anything happens, this means concentration camps, re-education, so to speak, sterilization.[23][24][25]
He later stated that his words were "taken out of context."[23]
On 10 March 2022, during a broadcast onRussia-1, Shakhnazarov[26] called for an end to the invasion of Ukraine, saying that the situation was at risk of becoming "an absolutehumanitarian disaster", and that there is no realistic possibility for the Russian forces toseize Kyiv and othermajor Ukrainian cities.[27]
At a meeting of 13 November 2024 with President Putin Shakhnazarov stated thatMosfilm had handed over to theRussian Armed Forces in 2023 28T-55 tanks, 8PT-76 tanks, 6infantry fighting vehicles and 8tow trucks.[2]
| Year | English title | Original title |
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| 1984 | We Are from Jazz | Мы из джаза |
| 1985 | Winter Evening in Gagra | Зимний вечер в Гаграх |
| 1987 | The Messenger Boy | Курьер |
| 1988 | Zero City | Город Зеро |
| 1991 | The Assassin of the Tsar | Цареубийца |
| 1993 | Dreams | Сны |
| 1995 | American Daughter | Американская дочь |
| 1998 | Day of the Full Moon | День полнолуния |
| 2001 | Poisons or the World History of Poisoning | Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений |
| 2004 | The Rider Named Death | Всадник по имени смерть |
| 2008 | Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя |
| 2009 | Ward Number 6 | Палата № 6 |
| 2012 | White Tiger | Белый тигр |
| 2017 | Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story | Анна Каренина |
| 2023 | Khitrovka. The Sign of Four | Хитровка. Знак четырёх |
