Nikita Mikhalkov Biography (1945-)

Full name, Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky; born October 21, 1945,in Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia); son of Sergei (a children's book writerand lyricist) and Natalkia (a poet; maiden name, Konchalovskaia) Mikhalkov;brother of Andrei Konchalovsky (a writer, director, actor, producer, and composer); married Anastasiya Vertinskaya (an actress; divorced); married, wife's name Tatania; children: Nadezhda (an actress), Anna (an actress), Stepan(an actor and director), one other son. Addresses: Office: Tri Te Studios, 11 Maly Kozikhirisky Lane, 103001 Moscow, Russia.

Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details: October 21, 1945; Moscow, U.S.S.R

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Solntse svetit vsem (also known as The Sun Shines for All and The Sun Shines for Everybody), Artkino, 1959
Tuchi nad Borskom (also known as Clouds over Borsk), 1960
Priklyucheniya Krosha (also known as Adventures of Krosh),1961
Kolka, Ya shagayu po Moskve (also known as I'm Wandering through Moscow, I Step through Moscow, and Meet Me in Moscow), Cinemaster Internacional, 1963
(Uncredited) Vojna i mir I: Andrei Bolkonsky, 1965
Pereklichka (also known as Roll-Call), 1965
God, kak zhizhn (also known as Year as Long as Life), 1965
Ne samyj udachnyj den (also known as Not the Luckiest Day),1966
White officer, Csillagosok, Katonak (also known as The Red andthe White and Zvyozdy i soldaty), Brandon Films, 1967
(Uncredited) War and Peace, Continental Distributing, 1968
Pesn o Manshuk (also known as Song of Manshuk), 1969
Prince Nelidov, Dvoryanskoye gnyezdo (also known as A Nest of Gentlefolk, A Nest of Gentry, A Nest of Noblemen, and Nobiliary Nest), 1969
Sport, sport, sport (documentary), 1970
Chuknovsky, Krasnaya palatka (also known as The Red Tent, La tenda rossa, and Tsiteli karavi), Paramount, 1971
Derzhis za oblaka (also known as Hold On to the Clouds), 1971
Brylov, Svoj sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoj sredi svoikh (also known as At Home among Strangers and A Stranger among His Own People), Krupnij Plan, 1974
Raba lyubvi (also known as Slave of Love), Cinema 5 Distributing, 1976
Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky, Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogopianino (also known as Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano andAn Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano), Corinth, 1977
Aleksey Ustyuzhanin, Sibiriada (also known as Siberiade), International Film Exchange, 1979
Rodnya (also known as Family Relations, Family Ties, Kinfolk, and Relatives), 1981
Portret zheny khudozhnika (also known as A Painter's Wife Portrait), 1981
Vera's boyfriend, Vokzal dlya dvoikh (also known as A Railway Station for Two and Station for Two), 1982
The director, Polyoty vo sne i nayavu (also known as Dream Flight, Flights in Dreams and in Reality, Flights of Fancy, andFlying Asleep and Awake), International Film Exchange, 1982
Inspektor GAI (also known as Traffic Officer), 1982
250 grammaa--radioaktiivinen testamentti (also known as 250 Grammes: A Radioactive Testament), 1983
Sergey Sergeyevich Paratov, Zhestokij romans (also known as A Cruel Romance and A Ruthless Romance), International Film Exchange,1984
Pod Severnym Siyaniyem (also known as Aurora, Under Aurora, Under Northern Lights, and Orora no shita de), 1990
Unizhennye i oskorblyonnye (also known as The Insulted and theInjured and Umiliati e offesi), 1991
The colonel, Piekna nieznajoma (also known as A Beautiful Stranger and Prekrasnaya neznakomka), Wytwornia Filmow Dokumentalnych iFabularnych, 1992
Himself, Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati (documentary; also knownas Anna and Anna: From Six till Eighteen), New Yorker, 1993
Colonel Sergei Petrovich Kotov, Utomlyonnye solntsem (also known as Burnt by the Sun and Soleil trompeur), Sony Pictures Classics, 1994
Himself, Vremya lyubit i vremya nenavidet (documentary; also knownas Time to Love and Time to Hate), 1994

Gorodnichij, Revizor (also known as Inspector), NTV-PROFIT,1996
Czar Alexander III, Sibirskij tsiryulnik (also known as The Barber of Siberia, Le barbier de Siberie, and Il barbiere di Siberia), Intermedia Film Distribution, 1998
Vera, nadezhda, krov' (also known as Belief, Hope, and Blood), 2000
Film Work
Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
Devochka i veshchi, 1967
A ya uezzhayu domoy (short film; also known as And I Go Home and A ja uesshaju domoj), 1968
Spokojnyj den v kontse vojny (also known as A Quiet Day at War's End and A Quiet Day during the End of War), 1970
Svoj sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoj sredi svoikh (also known as At Home among Strangers and A Stranger among His Own People), Krupnij Plan, 1974
Raba lyubvi (also known as Slave of Love), Cinema 5 Distributing, 1976
Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (also known as Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano and An Unfinished Piece for aPlayer Piano), Corinth, 1977
Pyat vecherov (also known as Five Evenings), InternationalFilm Exchange, 1979
Neskolko Dnej iz Zhizni I. I. Oblomova (also known as A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov, A Few Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov, Oblomov, Several Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov, and Quelques jours de la vie), International Film Exchange, 1979
Rodnya (also known as Family Relations, Family Ties, Kinfolk, and Relatives), 1981
Bez svidetelej (also known as A Private Conversation, Without Witness, and Bes swidetelej), 1983
Ochi chyornye (also known as Black Eyes, Dark Eyes,and Oci ciornie), Island, 1987
Avtostop (also known as Hitchhiking and L'autostop), 1990
Urga (also known as Close to Eden), Miramax, 1991
Vspominaya Chekhova (also known as Remembering Chekhov), 1993
(And associate producer) Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati (documentary; also known as Anna and Anna: From Six till Eighteen), NewYorker, 1993
(And associate producer) Utomlyonnye solntsem (also known as Burnt by the Sun and Soleil trompeur), Sony Pictures Classics, 1994
(And coproducer) Sibirskij tsiryulnik (also known as The Barberof Siberia, Le barbier de Siberie, and Il barbiere di Siberia), Intermedia Film Distribution, 1998
Television Appearances
Shutochka (also known as A Small Joke), 1966
Stantsionnyj smotritel (also known as The Postmaster and The Stationmaster), 1972
Sir Henry Baskerville, Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskervilej (also known as The Hound of the Baskervilles and Sobaka Baskervilej), 1981
Dva golosa (also known as Two Voices), 1981
Television Director
Illyuziya, 1989
Nikita Mikhalkov: Sentimentalnoye puteshestviye na rodinu; Muzyka russkoj zhivopisi (series; also known as Nikita Mikhalkov: A Sentimental Trip Home; Music of Russian Painting), 1995
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Risk, 1970
Svoj sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoj sredi svoikh (also known as At Home among Strangers and A Stranger among His Own People), Krupnij Plan, 1974
(Coauthor) Nenavist (also known as Hatred), 1975
Transsibirskij ekspress (also known as Trans-Siberian Express), International Film Exchange, 1977
Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (also known as Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano and An Unfinished Piece for aPlayer Piano), Corinth, 1977
Pyat vecherov (also known as Five Evenings), InternationalFilm Exchange, 1979
Neskolko dnej iz zhizni I. I. Oblomova (also known as A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov, A Few Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov, Oblomov, Several Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov, and Quelques jours de la vie), International Film Exchange, 1979
Bez svidetelej (also known as A Private Conversation, Without Witness, and Bes swidetelej), 1983
Moj lyubimyj kloun (also known as My Favourite Clown), 1986
Ochi chyornye (also known as Black Eyes, Dark Eyes,and Oci ciornie), Island, 1987
Martokhela monadire (also known as Lonely Hunter and Odinoky okhotnik), 1989
(With Rustam Ibragimbekov) Urga (also known as Close to Eden), Miramax, 1991
Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati (documentary; also known as Anna and Anna: From Six till Eighteen), New Yorker, 1993
Utomlyonnye solntsem (also known as Burnt by the Sun and Soleil trompeur; based on a story by Mikhalkov), Sony Pictures Classics,1994
Sibirskij tsiryulnik (also known as The Barber of Siberia, Le barbier de Siberie, and Il barbiere di Siberia), IntermediaFilm Distribution, 1998
Other
(With Trevor Griffiths and Aleksandr Artemovich Adabashian) Piano: A New Play for Theatre Based on the Film Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano, \[London\], 1990

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, April 5, 1999, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996.

Periodicals:

New Republic, p. 16.
Variety, April 10, 2000, p. 80; August 14, 2000, p. 38.
World Press Review, July 10, 1995, p. 43.

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