As Writer
Vladivostok
2021
2.5
Karen Shakhnazarov
Directing
Born
July 8, 1952
Place of Birth
Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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.
The Filmography
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Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
2017
5.8
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Road to Berlin
2015
6.2
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White Tiger
2012
5.7
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Ward No. 6
2009
4.7
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Vanished Empire
2008
5.5
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The Rider Named Death
2004
4.5
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Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2001
5.1
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Day of the Full Moon
1998
4.6
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American Daughter
1995
5.8
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Dreams
1993
5.1
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Assassin of the Tsar
1991
5.7
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Zerograd
1988
6.7
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Courier
1986
7.3
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Winter Evening in Gagry
1985
6.3
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We're from Jazz
1983
6.7
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Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981
5.8
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Kind Men
1980
5.5