Alexander Adabashyan achieved significant success in the film industry. But he still considers himself to be an artist rather than an actor or director. He is engaged in design a lot, continues to make films and from time to time appears on the screens as an actor. In 2016, Adabashyan became an Honored Artist of Russia
Biography and work of Alexander Adabashyan
Alexander Adabashyan was born in the capital of the USSR on August 10, 1945. His father headed the department at the Ministry of Construction. Mother worked as a teacher of German. The future actor and director grew up in an Armenian family, but was brought up exclusively in Russian culture. Alexander does not speak Armenian.
In 1969, Adabashyan became a student at the Stroganov School, where he graduated from the department of artistic metalworking. In 1970, during the summer practice, he worked as a decorator for his friend Nikita Mikhalkov, who was making a film that became a thesis.
Subsequently, Alexander took part in the filming of a short film by Sergei Nikonenko "Petrukhina last name." Here he served as a production designer.
The creative union with Mikhalkov found its continuation in the work on the films "Among Among Strangers, A Stranger Amongst Friends", "Slave Of Love". In several films Mikhalkov Adabashyan acted as a screenwriter. Among them - "A few days from the life of Oblomov", "Five evenings", "Black eyes."
Alexander Adabashyan played several dozens of episodic roles. The audience remembered the vivid images of the butler Barrymore in the famous "Hound of the Baskervilles", Berlioz in the film adaptation of the novel "The Master and Margarita".
As a director, Adabashyan made his debut in 1990, making the film Mado on Demand. This tape received the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival in the special program "Prospects for French Cinema".
In 2002, Alexander Artyomovich created an adaptation of Boris Akunin’s novel Azazel. However, at the final stage of the filming process, the director was unable to defend the original concept of the picture, after which he removed his name from the credits.
Adabashyan’s work is not limited to cinema. In 1997, his efforts at the Mariinsky Theater staged the opera Boris Godunov. He repeatedly participated in the program "Thank God you have come!"
Adabashyan was also involved in interior design. He designed the restaurants "Griboedov", "Oblomov", "Antonio".
