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Karen Shakhnazarov

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn July 8, 1952 (72 years)
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952; Krasnodar) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998.

Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova. His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize. In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • White Tiger
  • Zerograd
  • Assassin of the Tsar

Known For

  • Come and See
  • Courier
  • White Tiger
  • Zerograd
  • The Star
  • Assassin of the Tsar
  • Jazzman
  • Ward No. 6
  • Winter Night in Gagra
  • American Daughter
  • Vanished Empire
  • Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story
  • Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
  • The Rider Named Death
  • Day of the Full Moon
  • Sny
  • Khitrovka. The Sign of Four
  • On the Road to Berlin
  • Reshenie o likvidatsii
  • Anna Karenina
  • Damy priglashayut kavalerov
  • The Kind-Hearted Ones
  • Vladivostok
  • Goodbye Mom

Filmography

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