Andrei Loshak is a unique journalist, director, television presenter, screenwriter. His colleagues are distinguished by his own handwriting in everything that he touches, a clear civic position, which he does not intend to refuse.
Without exaggeration, all Russians are familiar with the work of this journalist and director. We are familiar with his work in Europe, America, Asia. Films, programs, projects of any plan of this person are always loud, sensational. Who is he and where from? How did you get into the profession? Who is Andrei Loshak married to?
Andrey Loshak - biography
Future journalist Andrei Borisovich Loshak was born at the end of November 1972 in Moscow. The boy’s family was creative - dad and mother were engaged in art graphics, uncle was a journalist and editor of Moscow News, strategic director of the cult publication Kommersant, and his aunt headed the Pushkin Museum.
Andrei himself is sure that it was such a creative environment that influenced both the way his worldview developed and his choice of profession. Back in his school years, he tried himself in another direction - he worked on river transport, but this path did not attract him. After graduating from high school, without hesitation, Andrey Loshak decided to enter the journalism faculty of Moscow State University. He dreamed of becoming a writing journalist, a newspaperman, but fate decreed otherwise - television and cinema became his path.
Andrei graduated from the university in 1996, and started his career earlier - in 1995. He started as a simple administrator, but very quickly grew up as the editor-in-chief of the most popular program on a major Russian television channel.
How was the career of the journalist Andrei Loshak
In 1995, the young and ambitious journalist Andrei Loshak fell into the team of Leonid Parfyonov, who at that time was filming and conducting the program “The Other Day”. The young man became the administrator of the project, but soon began to present to the management his small stories, filmed in the spirit of “in the wickedness of the day”. The fact that the guy is talented, the channel management very quickly understood and appreciated. After some time, Andrei was entrusted with conducting his own show, with which he coped well.
The path of a correspondent, a journalist was fascinating, but somewhat cramped for Loshak. He began to try himself in documentary directing, and again successfully. He chose sharp themes for his paintings, spoke about them extraordinary, and this attracted attention, not only from the audience, but also from critics and experts.
The list of his most successful projects can safely include the following - Today, Profession - Reporter, Country and World, Big City and many others. Andrei traveled all over Russia in search of hot stories - he worked in the Caucasus, at a time when not all of his colleagues decided to visit the region, he shot fan fights, studied practically the life of drug addicts, argued with nationalists, studied youth in detail subcultures.
Films of Andrey Loshak
The filmography of this director, screenwriter, actor includes almost 20 works. As a director, he shot 8 works of a documentary plan. The most popular of the films, according to viewers and experts, is the picture-series "Holivar. History of Runet", released in 2019. But Andrei Borisovich also had other successful projects:
- "Russia. Total Eclipse" (2012),
- Age of Disagreement (2018),
- "Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow" (2014),
- "Anatomy of the process" (2013) and others.
According to the scripts written by Andrei Loshak, 4 documentary films were shot, one of which is presented in the series format - this is the project "Russian Empire". It narrates about the unique historical places of the state from the time of Peter the Great to the present period. Andrei Loshak also has acting experience. He starred in 4 films, and in one of them he played the role of “cameo” - he played himself.
Andrei Borisovich has already received many significant and significant awards for his professional work. He has a medal "For Merit to the Fatherland". He was awarded it for his contribution to the development of Russian television, many years of fruitful work.
In 2003, Loshak received TEFI as a nominee for the category "Best TV reporter". In 2005, he received the Man of the Year Award, and 10 years later the Palm Branch for his film Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
In 2017, Andrei Loshak received a government-level award - the Prize of the Russian Federation for the popularization of charity on television. Andrei’s last award is the Grand Prix for the series “Age of Disagreement”, which he was awarded at the Art Doxet contest in 2018.
