Daniil Dondurei: biography, photo, family

Daniil Borisovich Dondurey is a film critic. This is a man who has been analyzing the essence of the film process for decades. A person who is able to accurately analyze films and honestly express his position proved the need for a profession of "film critic". And quite deservedly he is recognized as one of the most authoritative experts in this field.

Dondurei Daniil Borisovich: Biography

Daniil Borisovich Dondurey was born on May 19, 1948 in the city of Ulyanovsk. Mother Faina Moiseyevna is a lawyer. Father Boris Danilovich, a graduate of the Higher Military School, passed the war, met with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1947, Boris Danilovich was arrested, he was sentenced to 10 years of camps for "anti-Soviet propaganda." Daniil Dondurei (photo above) first saw his father in 7 years.

The family of Daniil Borisovich lived in Syzran. In 1957, his father was reinstated and worked as a chief engineer. But, according to Daniil Borisovich, his father dreamed of becoming an artist, and the happiest day was for him when his son Daniil entered the Academy of Arts.

Education

Dondurei Daniil Borisovich always wanted to study the theory of art. He graduated from the Art College in Penza. I was going to enter the Faculty of Philosophy, but with an art education, because the general education program was rather weak, I was not admitted to the university.

I had to take exams externally, for 11 classes. As Daniil Dondurei recalled, it was difficult, but he managed. I received a certificate of maturity, and a diploma of an art school. He entered the Academy of Arts and in the same year passed the entrance exams to the Leningrad University at the Faculty of Philosophy. But, on the advice of his father, he stopped the choice at the Academy of Arts.

As Daniil Dondurei says, he never regretted having followed his father's advice. After all, he is engaged in what he dreamed of since childhood. Candidate of Sciences in Philosophy, sociologist of art - he received everything he wanted. Daniil Borisovich graduated from the Institute. I.E. Repin in 1971. Then, in 1975, he graduated from the graduate school of the Institute of Sociology.

Professional activity

From 1975 to 1981 he began his career at the Institute of Art History. From 1981 to 1986 - at the Research Institute of Culture, then worked at the Institute of Cinema. In 1993, continued his career as the editor-in-chief of the magazine "The Art of Cinema", where he works to the present. Today this is the only art analytical magazine in Russia. It examines the problems of the theory and history of cinematography, publishes philosophical works, publishes reviews of festivals, memoirs of cultural figures, film prose.

Daniil Dondurei leads the Information and Analytical Firm "Dubl-D". The company is engaged in research of the spectator potential, analysis of problems and features of the film process, reveals the priority directions of cinema policy and the dynamics of changing the audience.

Teaches in RATA course "Profession Producer" and the sociology of art. Daniil Borisovich shares with listeners his knowledge about the specific features of cinema, the ability to navigate in the interests and needs of the cinema audience, to analyze and assess the phenomena of cinematographic culture.

Articles and monographs

Daniil Dondurei is the author of many publications, articles and monographs. Since 1972, published in the magazines "Expert", "The Art of Cinema", "Ogonek", "Questions of Philosophy", "Banner". He is the author of articles in the magazines "Literary Review", "Otechestvennye zapiski", "Smena", "Decorative Art". His articles on the history and theory of art, theater and cinema are published in the newspapers Izvestia, The Russian Telegraph, Kommersant-daily, The Literary Gazette, The General Newspaper, etc. Daniil Borisovich is an art critic, Publicist and analyst in many leading media.

Daniil Borisovich Dondurei - compiler of many scientific collections, which are published abroad. His works are published in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, in Vietnam, Cuba, Germany and Italy, Poland, France and the United States.

Awards and achievements

Winner of the Literary Gazette, the award of the Union of Artists and magazines "Decorative Art", "Smena", "Literary Review". Laureate of the National Award of Nick, was awarded an honorable award in 2016.

• Member of the Union of Artists (since 1979). It is a voluntary association of artists.
• Member of the Union of Theater Workers (since 1982). The main goal of the organization is the development of theatrical art and support of the stage actors.
• Since 1988, member of the Union of Cinematographers, since 1990 - Secretary of the Union. The organization was created to protect the interests of cinematographers.
• Member of the board Goskino (from 1991 to 2000) - the organization deals with management and regulation in the field of cinematography.
• Member of the collegium of the Ministry of Culture (since 2000), whose activity is to preserve and revive the objects of cultural heritage.
• Member of the Public Council of NMG. The main goal of the LMW is the revival of cultural values, the filling of media resources, the creation of educational and educational programs on TV.
• Member of the "ART" Foundation (since 2000). The organization supports journalists writing about cinema, establishes the TEFI award, awards diplomas and prizes in several nominations.

Social activity

Since 2006 - Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art.

Since 2012 - Member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Society and Human Rights:

• Since 2012, the Commission for Economic Modernization;
• Since November of the same year he has been chairman of the Commission for Cultural Rights, Education and Science.
• In the commission on freedom of information and journalists' rights.

"The big project"

Dondurei Daniil Borisovich in December 1986 organized a sensational Youth exhibition. It was really a big project, because the XVII exhibition completely changed the exhibition mechanism of those years. A group of critics was created who directed the project (previously only artists did the exhibition) and tried to find and share style attachments. That is, all the artists were represented in their inherent tendency.

The second, simply revolutionary, idea was that at the exhibition the works of non-conformists and participants of "one-day" masters were united. All these innovations were introduced without censorship of the exhibition and, most importantly, destroyed the eternal division of "official" art and "underground".

Point of view

• At the Congress of Cinematographers in 2008, Dondurei advocated the removal of the chairman of the Union N. Mikhalkov and the choice of M. Hutsiev for this post . As a result of this dispute, all those who supported this proposal started professional problems. In particular, the editors of the "Art of Cinema" were asked to vacate the premises, which was built especially for the magazine in 1963.
• In 2008, around the "Report on the real situation in the cinema", made by Daniil Borisovich, a scandal broke out. One of the listeners of the report recorded and, taking out of the context some acute points, laid out in the open access on the Internet. The network community did not hesitate to accuse Daniil Borisovich of wanting to introduce censorship on the Internet. Dondurei published a refutation.
• In 2014 he signed a letter in support of Ukraine "We are with you!", Which Kino Soyuz addressed to his Ukrainian colleagues. At the time of sending the letter was signed by more than 200 Russian cultural figures, including Daniel Dondurei.

The biography of this man could quite deservedly serve as the basis of the plot for the film. One can safely say that he devoted his life to cinema, made a great contribution to the development of cinematographic science, education and criticism. He resolutely defends his position, expresses honestly and directly his opinion on all issues, the main "film critic" of the country - Daniel Dondurei.

The family, wife and daughter Tamara, also works in film. Tamara's daughter delivered the film "21 Day" - a documentary film-study about human fears and, most importantly, about a person's ability to overcome them.