Vladimir Bortko - director, screenwriter and producer in one person

Among all the variety of filmsdomestic production can be particularly distinguished films by Vladimir Bortko, a talented director, producer and screenwriter. All of them capture from the first minute of viewing and leave a lot of different emotions and impressions. Who is Vladimir Bortko? How did you come to the cinema? What works from his director's arsenal are worth seeing? About this and many other things - in the article.

Facts from an early biography

It is possible with some confidence to say thatthe fate of this man was predetermined, because Vladimir Bortko was born in a creative family. His father - Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko - a successful theater director, and his mother - Marina Fedotovna Zakharenko - an actress. The stepfather of the future artist was the famous Soviet playwright Alexander Korneychuk. Despite the fact that he was surrounded by creative relatives, Vladimir Bortko at first did not want to follow in their footsteps and after school went to study at the Kiev Geological Prospecting Technical School.

In 1965, the future director went on to serve in the army, and after demobilization for a while worked as an electrician-technician in the "Voenproekt" in Kiev.

The beginning of the creative path

Trying yourself in the role of a person far from the worldart, Vladimir Bortko began to understand that he was moving in life in the wrong direction. Therefore, in 1969, he decided to become a student of the Kiev State Institute of Theatrical Art named after Ivan Karpenko Karpenko-Kary. He studied under VL Chubasov and RR Efimenko.

In 1974 he received a diploma and got a jobto the Alexander Dovzhenko studios as an assistant to the director. The following year, as director-director Vladimir Bortko, whose filmography today already has more than fifteen works, put his first film called "The Channel".

The first works

In 1980, a novice screenwriter and director was alreadyworked at Lenfilm. The first picture he put here was called the "Commission of Inquiry." The picture is rich in the play of such great actors as Irina Miroshnichenko, Oleg Efremov and Eugene Lebedev.

The first film work that brought VladimirVladimirovich fame, became the "Blonde around the corner" with Andrei Mironov and Tatiana Dogileva in the lead roles. The script for the painting was written by Alexander Chervinsky. Also roles in it were played by Evgenia Khanaeva, Elena Solovey, Mark Prudkin.

In 1984, the director created a lyric tape abouta small boy Remi, who wandered to different cities with the owner-trainer, until he found his family. The plot of the film is filled with situations in which the character of the boy is tempered. The picture will undoubtedly be useful for viewing both for children and adults, because it helps to understand that there is no hopeless situation, that friendship helps to cope with any life difficulties, and that each person needs support and understanding.

Famous for the whole world Bortko Vladimir, director,screenwriter and producer, became in 1988, after the film adaptation of the story "Dog Heart" by Mikhail Bulgakov. The film won the Grand Prix at the Perugia Film Festival, the Golden Screen in Warsaw, the Grand Prix in Dushanbe, the A. Moskvin Prize, the Prize for Directing and the RSFSR State Prize. brothers Vasilievs. Evgeni Evstigneev brilliantly played in the picture of Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky, and Vladimir Tolokonnikov, thanks to the role of Sharikov, the whole world did not loudly and immediately declare his acting talent. Yuri Shaigardanov performed the role of an operator, Vladimir Dashkevich wrote music, Julius Kim - lyrics to songs, Vladimir Svetozarov was the artist-director of the picture. The script was written by Natalia Bortko, and, of course, Vladimir Bortko did a lot for the success.

Filmography: the best works

In 1991, the audience could see the resultmonth-long work of the film set under the direction of Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko - a military drama appeared on the screens under the name "Afghan break". To participate in the film was invited to the popular Italian actor Michele Placido, known for the main role of Commissioner Cathanho in the film "Sprut". This undoubtedly made the film work even more interesting and exciting.

In the period from 1992 to 1998, Vladimir Bortko worked under the pseudonym "Yan Khudokormov" and shot several episodes of "The Street of Broken Lights".

2000 gave the viewer several masterpiecesTV series, such as: "Idiot", "Bandit Petersburg", "Master and Margarita". The series not only won millions of fans, but were awarded numerous awards and prizes.

Another masterpiece

In early April 2009, the audiencewas presented a new film by Vladimir Bortko - "Taras Bulba". The starring role was played by the most talented actor of the Ukrainian theater and cinema - Bogdan Stupka, who, unfortunately, is no longer alive. The film aroused interest on the part of the audience and sharp controversy in the media. For seven days of the presentation of the film in the cinemas of the CIS countries it was watched by more than 3.5 million people (not taking into account the cinemas of Ukraine).