Karen Shakhnazarov

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Karen Shakhnazarov
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Karen Shakhnazarov in 2019.
Born Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov
(1952-07-08) 8 July 1952 (age 71)
Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 1980 – present
Title People's Artist of Russia (2002) RusStatePrize.jpg (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 of Mosfilm in 1998.

Biography

Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova.[2][3]

His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize.[4] In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[6]

Political and public activity

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Shakhnazarov receiving the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art, 2013
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Shakhnazarov at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, 2018

In 1998, Shakhnazarov was appointed a member of the board of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Cinematography.[7]

In April 2000, Shakhnazarov signed a letter supporting the policy of the recently elected Russian President Vladimir Putin in Chechnya.[8][9]

In 2001, Shakhnazarov was appointed a member of the board of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[10]

From 2006 to 2011, Shakhnazarov was a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.[11] 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 of Moscow of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.[12]

In March 2014, Shakhnazarov supported the annexation of Crimea and signed a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in support of the annexation.[13][14][15] For this he was banned from entering Ukraine.[16][17]

In September 2016, Shakhnazarov became a trusted representative of the United Russia party in the 2016 Russian legislative election.[11]

In January 2018, Shakhnazarov became a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election.[18] Also in 2018, he became a trusted representative of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergey Sobyanin.[11][19]

On 15 January 2020, Shakhnazarov was included in the working group for preparing proposals to amend the Constitution of Russia.[11][20]

On 24 February 2022, Shakhnazarov publicly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21]

On 28 April 2022, on the Russia-1 TV channel, Shakhnazarov threatened critics of the war with mass reprisals:

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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.[21][22][23]

He later stated that his words were "taken out of context."[21]

On 10 March 2022, during a broadcast on Russia-1, Shakhnazarov[24] called for an end to the invasion of Ukraine, saying that the situation was at risk of becoming "an absolute humanitarian disaster", and that there is no realistic possibility for the Russian forces to seize Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities.[25]

Selected filmography

Year English title Original title
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[26][27] 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

Genealogy

Karen Shakhnazarov is one of several living descendants of the famous Melik-Shahnazarian princely family from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Melik-Shahnazarians ruled Nagorno-Karabakh's province of Varanda in medieval and modern times.[28]

References

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  3. ↑ Profile on the Snob journal (in Russian)
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  28. ↑ Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ: «Я не экранизирую свою жизнь» Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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