Years active 1970 - present Name Sergei Solovyov | Role Director Parents Alexander Soloviev | |
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Born 25 August 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-08-25 ) Kem, Karelo-Finnish SSR, Soviet Union Occupation Film director
Screenwriter Spouse Tatyana Drubich (m. 1983–1989) Children Anna Solovyova, Dmitri Solovyov Nominations Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture, Nika Award for Best Film, Nika Award for Best Director Movies Assa, 100 Days After Childhood, 2‑Assa‑2, Anna Karenina, House Under the Starry Ski Similar People Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Abdulov, Afrika, Ludmila Savelyeva, Yekaterina Vasilyeva | ||
In the memory of Sergei Solovyov
Sergei Alexandrovich Solovyov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Соловьёв) (born 25 August 1944, in Kem, Karelo-Finnish SSR) is a Russian director, producer, writer and actor. He was awarded by the Russian SFSR People's Artist title.
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Biography
Sergei Solovyov first experienced theatrical production as a child at the Theater of Youth Creativity (1957-1962) directed by Matvey Dubrovin.
Solovyov studied at all-Soviet state Institute of Cinematography, worked in Leningrad TV and Mosfilm studio (1969–1987, film director, writer, producer). In 1975, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for his film Sto dney posle detstva.
Solovyov contributed to the Russian rock movement of the perestroika era, with such films as "Assa" (1987, starring rock musicians Afrika (Sergei Bugaev), Viktor Tsoi, Sergey Ryzhenko) and "Chyornaya roza - emblema pechali, krasnaya roza - emblema lyubvi" (1989). Both Soviet films prominently feature Russian rock music in soundtracks, especially by Boris Grebenshchikov and his band Akvarium.
He directed "Dyadya Vanya" (Uncle Vanya, Maly theatre) and "Chayka" (Taganka Theatre, 1994). Solovyov was a professor of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and the chairman of Cinematoghapher's Union of Russia from 1994 to 1997. In 2000 he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.