Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 13, 1933
Died
Sep 28, 2019
Place of Birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Credits
45 titles
Mark Zakharov
Biography
Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army soldier during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitri Pevtsov. Mark Zakharov has been the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he has helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture.
Known For
Filmography
Legends of Cinema
Self
Yankovsky
The Heavenly Wanderers
Director
Peer Gynt
Writer
Marriage
Director
Balakirev the Jester
Director
The Cherry Orchard
Director
Alexander Abdulov. Romance with Life
Self - Режиссер
Marriage
Director
Mad Day or Figaro Wedding
Director
The Barbarian and the Heretic
Director
The Royal Games
Director
Mystification
Director
Juno and Avos
Director
All In
Director
The Wise Man
Director
Balakirev the Jester
Director
The Seagull
Director
Memorial Prayer
Director
The Prisoner of If Castle
Screenplay
To Kill a Dragon
Director
Dictatorship of Conscience
Director
Three Girls in Blue
Director
Artists in Theatre, Film and Television
Self
I Have the Honor
Writer
The House That Swift Built
Director
Formula of Love
Director
Juno and Avos
Director
The Name of the Earth and the Sun
Director
The Very Same Munchhausen
Director
Обыкновенное чудо
Creator
Ordinary Miracle
Writer
Lad from Our Town
Director
The Twelve Chairs
Director
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth
Writer
For Better and for Worse
Writer
Wake Up and Sing
Director
Пир во время чумы
Director
The Sannikov Land
Writer
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Writer
Hurry to Build a House
Writer
The White Sun of the Desert
Additional Writing
Schweik in World War II
Director
Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić
Director
The Plan and the Dummy
Writer