Karen Shakhnazarov
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
July 8, 1952Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
34Place of birth
Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]Also known as
Карен Шахназаров, Karen George Shakhnazaroff, Karen Shakhnazaroff, Karen Schachnazarov, General Director Karen Shakhnazarov, Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, 卡连·沙赫纳扎罗夫Cast credits
Crew credits
The Rider Named Death
Director, ProducerWinter Evening in Gagry
Director, WriterVanished Empire
Director, ProducerDay of the Full Moon
Director, WriterCourier
Director, WriterWard No. 6
Director, Writer, ProducerPoisons or the World History of Poisoning
Director, WriterZerograd
Director, WriterWe're from Jazz
Director, WriterWhite Tiger
Director, Writer, ProducerAssassin of the Tsar
Director, WriterDreams
Director, Writer, ProducerLadies Invite Gentlemen
WriterRoad to Berlin
Writer, ProducerAmerican Daughter
Director, WriterKind Men
DirectorAnna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
Director, Writer, ProducerMot Ne
ProducerWho, If Not Us
ProducerShe
ProducerVladivostok
Screenplay, Producer