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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.