Karen Shakhnazarov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-07-08 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Also Known As Карен Шахназаров, Karen George Shakhnazaroff, Karen Shakhnazaroff, Karen Schachnazarov, General Director Karen Shakhnazarov, Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, 卡连·沙赫纳扎罗夫

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

Director

2023
2017
Anna Karenina

as Director

2014
Love in the USSR

as Director

2013
2012
White Tiger

as Director

2009
Ward No. 6

as Director

2008
Vanished Empire

as Director

2004
1998
1995
American Daughter

as Director

1993
Dreams

as Director

1991
1988
Zerograd

as Director

1986
Courier

as Director

1985
1983
We're from Jazz

as Director

1980
Kind Men

as Director

1975

Producer

2023
In the Moscow Slums

as General Manager

2021
Vladivostok

as Producer

2018
2017
Mot Ne

as Producer

2015
Road to Berlin

as Producer

2014
Goodbye Mom

as Co-Producer

2014
Love in the USSR

as Producer

2013
She

as Producer

2012
White Tiger

as Producer

2009
Ward No. 6

as Producer

2008
Vanished Empire

as Producer

2004
2002
The Star

as Producer

1998
Who, If Not Us

as Producer

1993
1993
Dreams

as Producer

Writer

2023
In the Moscow Slums

as Screenplay

2021
Vladivostok

as Screenplay

2017
Anna Karenina

as Writer

2015
Road to Berlin

as Writer

2012
White Tiger

as Writer

2009
Ward No. 6

as Writer

1998
1995
1993
Dreams

as Writer

1991
1988
Zerograd

as Writer

1986
Courier

as Writer

1983
We're from Jazz

as Writer