Карен Шахназаров

Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (born July 8, 1952 , Krasnodar , USSR ) - Soviet and Russian film director , screenwriter , film producer , public figure ; People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002). Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1986), the State Prize of the RSFSR. brothers Vasiliev (1988) and two State Prizes of the Russian Federation (2003, 2013) . Since April 20, 1998 - General Director and Chairman of the Board of the Mosfilm Film Concern .