Biography of Andrei Konchalovsky-Mikhalkov - a man sitting in the background

It's no secret that in the cinematography a huge role is played by people who are often behind the scenes. Sometimes they have a greater impact on the quality of the film than the actors themselves. To such people "on the other side of the camera" is Andrei Konchalovsky. Biography of this director begins in a difficult period for the country. There are people who like sponges absorb the events that occur, and then either realize them in their work, or they just go crazy. The above-mentioned director belongs to the first category of people.

Family, childhood and adolescence

Andrei Konchalovsky's biography got its start in the pre-war years. He was born in Moscow on August 20, 1937. The family in which the future artist was born, more than deserved. His father - the famous children's writer Sergei Mikhalkov. Mother - Natalia Konchalovskaya - poet and translator. The grandfather of the director was the national artist Petr Konchalovsky. Some time after the birth of Andrew in the family there is another boy - Nikita Mikhalkov.

From an early age, young talent was taught to love music. Step by step he learns the music spaces. In 1952, Andrei graduated from the Central Music School. Five years later he received a diploma from the Musical College at the Moscow Conservatory. At the same higher educational institution, the young man enters to improve his skills.

Beginning of directing career

However, the music career fell on the artist is not to his liking, and the biography of Andrei Konchalovsky as a musician is gradually dying out. He is attracted to the cinema. In 1964, the young man graduated from the directing department of the famous VGIK, having worked his skills in the studio of MI Romm.

The first film Konchalovsky took in Kyrgyzstan. It was a film adaptation. The basis is the story of Chingiz Aitmatov's "The First Teacher". The debut film had the same name. In this picture, the main female role was played by Natalia Arinbasarova, who later became the wife of a famous director. In 1967, he released the second film, "The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, but Did not Marry," which was continued in "Kurochka Ryaba" (1994).

Formation and development

Andrei Konchalovsky's biography also includes screen versions of classical literary works, such as: "Noble's Nest", "Uncle Vanya" and others. According to critics, the best masterpiece of this director is the tape "Romance of the Lovers" and the film-poem with the lyric name "Sibiriada". These films at different times received the Grand Prix: the first - in Karlovy Vary, the second - in Cannes.

In the 1980s, the biography of Andrei Konchalovsky continues in a new environment: the director leaves for the West. There he relatively relieves a few of his films ("Beloved Mary", "Fugitive Train", "Happy People"). The highest success is achieved only by the only work - "Homer and Eddie." Confirmation of this - the receipt in 1989 of the Grand Prix of the International Film Festival, held in San Sebastian.

In the early 90's the director returns to Russia and shoots two more films: "The Near Circle" and the "Kurochka Ryabu" mentioned above. In 1998 he married for the fifth time. The previous spouses of the director were Irina Martynova, Vivien Gaude, already named Natalia Arinbasarova and Irina Kandat. His new choice is Yulia Vysotskaya. For five marriages, Andrei Konchalovsky had seven children.

The producer of plays in Russia and abroad, the pioneer of new ones in the art of cinematography of genres (the phantasmagoric New Year film "The Nutcracker and the Rat King" 3D), the experimenter and the artist are all Andrey Konchalovsky. Biography, family, creativity and the personal life of the creator are reflected in his biographical books "Low Truths" and "The Hanging Deception".

In 1974, the director was awarded the honorary title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR". In 1980, Konchalovsky received the title of People's Artist of Russia.