Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 08, 1952
Place of Birth
Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Credits
41 titles
Karen Shakhnazarov
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Георгий Бурков. "Не будем полагаться на случай"
Self (archive footage)
In the Moscow Slums
Director
Моя мелодия
Self - receives a surprise
Vladivostok
Screenplay
The Woman Who Built Cities
Himself
With the Ball to Britain
Decision: Liquidation
Producer
Mot Ne
Producer
Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
Director
Anna Karenina
Writer
Legends of Cinema
Self
A House for Rent with All the Inconveniences
Producer
On the Road to Berlin
Writer
Goodbye Mom
Co-Producer
Love in the USSR
Director
In the Encirclement
Director
She
Producer
White Tiger
Writer
Ward No. 6
Director
Vanished Empire
Director
The Rider Named Death
Director
The Star
Producer
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Director
Day of the Full Moon
Director
Who, If Not Us
Producer
Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter
Producer
American Daughter
Writer
Dreams
Writer
White King, Red Queen
Producer
The Children of Iron Gods
Producer
Assassin of the Tsar
Writer
Zerograd
Director
Messenger Boy
Director
KVN Major League
Self - Judge
Winter Evening in Gagry
Director
We're from Jazz
Director
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Writer
Kind Men
Director
Wider Step Maestro!
Director
Fuse
Director
Courier
Novel