Years active 1994–present Alma mater Moscow State University | Website Soartv.tv | |
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Full Name Станислав Александрович Соловкин Born 10 January 1977 (age 40) ( 1977-01-10 ) Moscow, USSR Education Master's degree, Journalism Occupation journalist
director
producer Known for Last Hero
The Amazing Race
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Stanislav Aleksandrovich Solovkin (Russian: Станислáв Алексáндрович Соло́вкин, born 10 January 1977) is a Russian journalist, director and producer. He is best known for his work on "Last Hero," "Wait for me" and other popular television broadcasts.
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Two works of Solovkin ("Slave Market" and "Mysteries of Stalin. A Version of a Biography") were nominated for TEFI and made it to the final three. As a producer he also took part in shooting the «Amazing Race» (CBS American television network), the popular Emmy Award winning reality show.
Biography
Stanislav Solovkin was born on January 10, 1977 in Moscow.
When he was 17 years old he got a job on the program "News for the Young" (ORT), where he first worked as a journalist, and then story-producer and director.
In 1996 he matriculated in the Moscow University Faculty of Journalism, from which he graduated in 2002.
From 1996 to 1997 he was a correspondent for the weekly news-paper "Novaya Gazeta".
In 1997 Solovkin began working for the television company "VID", where over the years he was an author, screenwriter, editor, producer and director of programs such as "Vzglyad", "Wait for me" "Make a step", "Another Life", "The Way That Happened" and many others. At that same time, he was author and director of the documentary "Slave Market", which was a TEFI finalist. The film received a critical acclaim. Solovkin headed a TV group filming the events of the Second Chechen War.
In the early 2000s Solovkin moved to Israel, where he worked at the Russian-language channel "Israel+". He later served as deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Colour TV", and became the production manager and later co-executive producer of the show "Last Hero", a Russian version of World famous “Survivor” franchise.
Since 2004 he has headed a number of TV companies producing programs for the Russian television. As an executive producer he participated in the creation of "House of Romanov, Love and Death ","The Romanovs: the Last Day ", "Mysteries of Stalin - a Version of a Biography "(program-finalist in the TEFI National Competition") and other TV shows. He also produced the comedy shows "Comedy on Channel One", "Funny People," "Umora", "Funny Pictures", the reality shows "Wipe Out" and "Tower".
Since 2008 he has collaborated with the CBS TV network (USA), for which he facilitated 9 series of the program "Amazing Race". The program won several Emmy awards.
In 2014, together with prominent producer Vladimir Kartashkov he founded the television and film production company "Soar Productions".
In 2015 Solovkin facilitated of an episode of the program "Top Gear” in St. Petersburg.
Documentaries
TV shows
Stanislav Solovkin has worked on the co-production and facilitating of television programs for CBS, BBC, Discovery, Channel 7 Australia, Travel Channel, Sci-Fi and others. including: