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Karen Shakhnazarov (b. 1952)

Alias:
General Director Karen Shakhnazarov
Karen George Shakhnazaroff
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov
Karen Schachnazarov
Karen Shakhnazaroff
Карен Шахназаров
卡连·沙赫纳扎罗夫

Birthplace:
Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Born:
July 8, 1952

Biography from TheMovieDB

Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952; Krasnodar) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998.  Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova. His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize. In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. 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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2014  Goodbye Mom

Director:
1975  Wider Step Maestro!
1979  Kind Men
1983  We're from Jazz
1985  Winter Evening in Gagry
1986  Courier
1988  Zerograd
1991  Assassin of the Tsar
1993  Dreams
1995  American Daughter
1998  Day of the Full Moon
2001  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2004  The Rider Named Death
2008  Vanished Empire
2009  Ward No. 6
2012  White Tiger
2013  In the Encirclement
2014  Goodbye Mom
2014  Love in the USSR
2017  Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2023  Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

General Manager:
1975  Wider Step Maestro!
1979  Kind Men
1983  We're from Jazz
1985  Winter Evening in Gagry
1986  Courier
1988  Zerograd
1991  Assassin of the Tsar
1993  Dreams
1995  American Daughter
1998  Day of the Full Moon
2001  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2004  The Rider Named Death
2008  Vanished Empire
2009  Ward No. 6
2012  White Tiger
2013  In the Encirclement
2014  Goodbye Mom
2014  Love in the USSR
2017  Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2023  Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

Producer:
1975  Wider Step Maestro!
1979  Kind Men
1983  We're from Jazz
1985  Winter Evening in Gagry
1986  Courier
1988  Zerograd
1991  Assassin of the Tsar
1993  Dreams
1993  The Children of Iron Gods
1993  White King, Red Queen
1995  American Daughter
1998  Day of the Full Moon
1998  Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter
1998  Who, If Not Us
2001  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2002  The Star
2004  The Rider Named Death
2008  Vanished Empire
2009  Ward No. 6
2012  White Tiger
2013  In the Encirclement
2013  She
2014  Goodbye Mom
2014  Love in the USSR
2015  Road to Berlin
2016  A House ‎for Rent with All the Inconveniences‎
2017  Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2017  Mot Ne
2018  Decision: Liquidation
2021  Vladivostok
2023  Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

Screenplay:
1975  Wider Step Maestro!
1979  Kind Men
1983  We're from Jazz
1985  Winter Evening in Gagry
1986  Courier
1988  Zerograd
1991  Assassin of the Tsar
1993  Dreams
1993  The Children of Iron Gods
1993  White King, Red Queen
1995  American Daughter
1998  Day of the Full Moon
1998  Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter
1998  Who, If Not Us
2001  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2002  The Star
2004  The Rider Named Death
2008  Vanished Empire
2009  Ward No. 6
2012  White Tiger
2013  In the Encirclement
2013  She
2014  Goodbye Mom
2014  Love in the USSR
2015  Road to Berlin
2016  A House ‎for Rent with All the Inconveniences‎
2017  Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2017  Mot Ne
2018  Decision: Liquidation
2021  Vladivostok
2023  Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

Writer:
1975  Wider Step Maestro!
1979  Kind Men
1981  Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1983  We're from Jazz
1985  Winter Evening in Gagry
1986  Courier
1988  Zerograd
1991  Assassin of the Tsar
1993  Dreams
1993  The Children of Iron Gods
1993  White King, Red Queen
1995  American Daughter
1998  Day of the Full Moon
1998  Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter
1998  Who, If Not Us
2001  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2002  The Star
2004  The Rider Named Death
2008  Vanished Empire
2009  Ward No. 6
2012  White Tiger
2013  In the Encirclement
2013  She
2014  Goodbye Mom
2014  Love in the USSR
2015  Road to Berlin
2016  A House ‎for Rent with All the Inconveniences‎
2017  Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2017  Mot Ne
2018  Decision: Liquidation
2021  Vladivostok
2023  Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
2017  Anna Karenina

Writer:
2017  Anna Karenina

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