Igor Maslennikov
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Igor Fyodorovich Maslennikov (born 26 October 1931) is a Russia
n film director
.
He was born in Gorky
. In 1954 Maslennikov completed his education in the department of journalism of the Leningrad University and worked as an editor, script writer, and cameraman on Leningrad
television. In 1965 he entered the Higher Directors’ Courses of Lenfilm
(Grigori Kozintsev
's workshop), at end of which he became the director of this motion picture studio.
In the cinema, Maslennikov made his debut at the end of the 1960s with a film about a senior pupil: the Personal Life of Kuzyaev Valentin. He directed children’s films (Tomorrow" and "3 April), movies about sports (Racers), historical costume-dramas (Yaroslavna, the Queen of France). He worked on the joint Soviet-Norwegian
picture Under the Rock Sky, which narrates the sad events which occurred in one of the Norwegian towns during the Nazi occupation. He filmed Vera Panova
's autobiographical Sentimental novel.
Enormous success came to Maslennikov when he directed a cycle of films about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The successful selection of the actors, among whom there were Vasily Livanov
, Vitaly Solomin
, Borislav Brondukov
, Rina Zelyonaya, Nikita Mikhalkov
and the outstanding talent of the director ensured audience’s love to the film.
In 1985 Maslennikov presented the melodrama Winter cherries. The movie became one of the greatest blockbuster
s of the decade and gained Elena Safonova a wide reputation. The special feature of this everyday melodrama was that for the first time the spectator saw on the screen a strong but misunderstood woman played by Safonova. The popularity of this film inspired Maslennikov to create sequel
s in 1990 and 1995 and the same-name TV-series in 1997.
In 1989 Maslennikov filmed the television adventure picture Philipp Traum, based on the unfinished Mark Twain
novel The Mysterious Stranger
. The cinema version was named Chronicle of Satan Jr.. He made a co-production with French
partners, filming the story of Leonid Andreyev
(The Dark), where the main roles were played by Oleg Yankovsky
and Ksenia Kachalina.
Maslennikov became People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. In 2001 he received the State Prize of Russia
.
The year 2000 saw the release of the 10 series of Chto skazal pokoynik (What Has the Deceased Said) (2000) after the popular Polish writer Ioanna Khmelevskaya, and start of the filming of Vospominaniya o Sherloke Kholmse (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), which united all the five famous Sherlock Holmes films with a single plotline.
By his 75th anniversary in 2006 Igor Maslennikov finished his book of memoirs under the title The Baker Street in Petrogradskaya.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
.
He was born in Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
. In 1954 Maslennikov completed his education in the department of journalism of the Leningrad University and worked as an editor, script writer, and cameraman on Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
television. In 1965 he entered the Higher Directors’ Courses of Lenfilm
Lenfilm
Kinostudiya "Lenfilm" is a production unit of the Russian film industry, with its own film studio, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formerly Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R. Today OAO "Kinostudiya Lenfilm" is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners, and several private film studios,...
(Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Mikhaylovich Kozintsev was a Jewish Ukrainian, Soviet Russian theatre and film director. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964.He studied in the Imperial Academy of Arts...
's workshop), at end of which he became the director of this motion picture studio.
In the cinema, Maslennikov made his debut at the end of the 1960s with a film about a senior pupil: the Personal Life of Kuzyaev Valentin. He directed children’s films (Tomorrow" and "3 April), movies about sports (Racers), historical costume-dramas (Yaroslavna, the Queen of France). He worked on the joint Soviet-Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
picture Under the Rock Sky, which narrates the sad events which occurred in one of the Norwegian towns during the Nazi occupation. He filmed Vera Panova
Vera Panova
-Early life:Vera was born into the family of an impoverished merchant in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Her father, Fyodor Ivanovich Panov, built canoes and yachts as a hobby, and founded two yachting clubs in Rostov. When she was five her father drowned in the Don River. After her father's death, her...
's autobiographical Sentimental novel.
Enormous success came to Maslennikov when he directed a cycle of films about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The successful selection of the actors, among whom there were Vasily Livanov
Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov MBE is a Soviet and Russian film actor, and screenwriter.-Biography:His father Boris Livanov was a prominent actor of the Moscow Art Theatre...
, Vitaly Solomin
Vitaly Solomin
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was the younger brother of Yury Solomin....
, Borislav Brondukov
Borislav Brondukov
Boryslav Brondukov was a Ukrainian and Soviet film character actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.He was born in the village of Dubava somewhere in Kiev oblast of Ukrainian SSR in a Russian-Polish family...
, Rina Zelyonaya, Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess...
and the outstanding talent of the director ensured audience’s love to the film.
In 1985 Maslennikov presented the melodrama Winter cherries. The movie became one of the greatest blockbuster
Blockbuster (entertainment)
Blockbuster, as applied to film or theatre, denotes a very popular or successful production. The entertainment industry use was originally theatrical slang referring to a particularly successful play but is now used primarily by the film industry...
s of the decade and gained Elena Safonova a wide reputation. The special feature of this everyday melodrama was that for the first time the spectator saw on the screen a strong but misunderstood woman played by Safonova. The popularity of this film inspired Maslennikov to create sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
s in 1990 and 1995 and the same-name TV-series in 1997.
In 1989 Maslennikov filmed the television adventure picture Philipp Traum, based on the unfinished Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
novel The Mysterious Stranger
The Mysterious Stranger
The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. It was worked on periodically from roughly 1890 up until 1910...
. The cinema version was named Chronicle of Satan Jr.. He made a co-production with French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
partners, filming the story of Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history...
(The Dark), where the main roles were played by Oleg Yankovsky
Oleg Yankovsky
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals...
and Ksenia Kachalina.
Maslennikov became People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. In 2001 he received the State Prize of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
The year 2000 saw the release of the 10 series of Chto skazal pokoynik (What Has the Deceased Said) (2000) after the popular Polish writer Ioanna Khmelevskaya, and start of the filming of Vospominaniya o Sherloke Kholmse (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), which united all the five famous Sherlock Holmes films with a single plotline.
By his 75th anniversary in 2006 Igor Maslennikov finished his book of memoirs under the title The Baker Street in Petrogradskaya.
Filmography
- Тимур и его коммандос, 2004
- Письма к Эльзе, 2002 - the Golden Peacock of the India International Film Festival
- Воспоминания о Шерлоке Холмсе (TV series), 2000
- Что сказал покойник (TV series), 1999
- Театр Чехонте, 1996
- Зимняя вишня (TV series), 1995
- Зимняя вишня-3, 1995
- Тьма, 1991
- Зимняя вишня-2, 1990
- Филипп Траум (TV movie), 1989
- Продление рода, 1988
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона. Двадцатый век начинается, 1986)
- Зимняя вишня, 1985
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of AgraThe Treasures of AgraThe Treasures of Agra is part of a series of television films made by Soviet television. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov.It starred Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr...
(Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона. Сокровища Агры), 1983 - The Queen of SpadesThe Queen of Spades (1982 film)The Queen of Spades is a 1982 film adaptation of the Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name.Film is verbatim screening of Pushkin's story.-Cast:* Narrator - Alla Demidova* Hermann - Viktor Proskurin...
(Пиковая дама, 1982) - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film)The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...
(Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона. Собака Баскервилей, 1981 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. WatsonThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (film)The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a 1980 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. It is the second film in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr...
(Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона), 1980 - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон), 1979
- Ярославна, королева Франции, 1978
- Сентиментальный романSentimentalnyy romanSentimentalnyy roman is a 1976 Soviet drama film directed by Igor Maslennikov. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Yelena Proklova - Zoya the big* Yelena Koreneva - Zoya the little...
, 1976 - Под каменным небом, 1974
- Гонщики, 1972
- Лето в Бережках, 1970
- Завтра, третьего апреля, 1969
- Личная жизнь Кузяева Валентина, 1967