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Vladimir Khotinenko

Russian actor, film director and designer

Vladimir Khotinenko

Born	Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (1952-01-20) 20 January 1952 (age 72) Slavgorod, Altai Krai, USSR
Occupation(s)	actor, film director, designer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Tatyana Yakovleva

Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (Russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer.^[1]

Biography

Born in the Altai Krai, Russian SFSR to Ivan Afanasyevich and Valentina Vasilievna Khotinenko. His father was Ukrainian, his mother came from Don Cossacks.^[2] In 1976, he received his diploma from the Institute of Architecture of Sverdlovsk, in what is now Ekaterinburg. After his military service, he was from 1978 to 1982, assistant designer at Studio-Film in Sverdlovsk, and was assistant director for the film by Nikita Mikhalkov, A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov. He collaborated on other films by Mikhalkov in Moscow, such as Five Nights (Пять вечеров) 1979, and Family Relations (Родня) 1981.

He then became director of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His 1999 film Strastnoy Boulevard was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Mention.^[3]

He excelled in historical films and large scenes, particularly describing the history of Russia. He won the Golden Eagle in 2004 for 72 Metres.^[4]

In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of Vladimir Putin's policies regarding the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and Ukraine.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

Actor:

1981 Family Relations
1982 Kazachya zastava
1988 The Soloist
1994 A Plane Flies in Russia
2005 The Fall of the Empire (TV)

Director:

1984 Alone and Unarmed
1987 Mirror for a Hero
1990 The Swarm
1992 Patriotic Comedy
1993 Makarov
1995 A Moslem
1999 Strastnoy bulvar (producer)
2002 Po tu storonu volkov
2003 Sledstvie vedut znatoki 23: Treteyskiy sudiya
2004 72 Meters
2004 The Fall of the Empire (screenwriter)
2007 1612
2009 The Priest
2011 Dostoyevsky (TV series)
2014 Demons
2019 The Lenin Factor

References

^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 346–348. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
^ Ukraine, Crimea, Russia: Masters of Culture Defining Their Position on the Vesti (VGTRK) official website, 14 March 2014
^ "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
^ "Laureates of the 2004 Golden Eagle Award" (in Russian). Official Golden Eagle Award website. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ Russian artists supported Putin's aggression against Ukraine (LIST), Glavkom (11 March 2014)
^ Russian Members of Culture – In Support of the President's Position on Ukraine and Crimea Archived 11 March 2014 at archive.today // Ministry of Culture official website