Biography, career, creativity and even the personal life of Fedor Bondarchuk are closely related to the film industry. He is an actor, director, clip maker, producer, all of whose films are the highest grossing at the time of release, often not only in Russia but also abroad.
Few Russian directors, producers and actors can boast as many awards as Fedor Bondarchuk. This talented man grew out of a bully, almost a doppelgänger, a difficult teenager from the "golden youth" caste. The creative component of the character turned out to be stronger than the hooligan, and Russian cinema was replenished with unique films by Fyodor Bondarchuk of various topics - from military drama to comedies and documentaries.
Biography of Fedor Bondarchuk
Fedor was born on May 9, 1967 in the family of actress Irina Skobtseva and a cult actor, director of the Soviet period Sergey Bondarchuk. Due to the constant employment of parents, Fedor and his sister Alena had to spend most of the time with their grandmother - Julia Nikolaevna. Fedor studied in a special school in the capital, attended art school, showed excellent results in drawing. But hooliganism manifested itself most clearly in his character. Grandmother was indulgent to all the grandchild's mischief - fights, smoking and alcohol, seeing in him a creative nature.
Already at the age of 15, the boy starred in a movie, in a film directed by his father - the historical drama "Boris Godunov. And even during the period of military service, Fedor Bondarchuk was close to art, more precisely to cinema - due to the fact that he was at that moment student of VGIK, got into the cavalry regiment, who took part in the filming of battle scenes in the film "War and Peace."
Education Fedor Bondarchuk
Seriously, Sergei Bondarchuk took up raising his son at the end of school. Contrary to Fedor’s desire to enter MGIMO, Sergey Fedorovich took him to VGIK. But the young man entered there not because of the patronage of his father, but because of his abilities. As weighty arguments in favor of his talent, Fyodor Bondarchuk could already provide at least one role - the prince in the film "Boris Godunov".
At the VGIKovsk workshop of Igor Talankin, Fedor Bondarchuk studied with Litvinova Renata, Ivan Okhlobystin, Alexander Bashirov. This period of career development, according to Fedor, was the most difficult - it was necessary not only to learn the basics of the profession, but also to prove his worth, to refute the opinions of others that he was not only the son of the country's leading director, but also an independent creative unit.
Fedor failed to get a diploma immediately after graduation, since he did not pass exams in the most important discipline at that time - the history of the CPSU. But after 18 years, the diploma still ended up in his hands, moreover, "red."
Career Fedor Bondarchuk
Immediately after the institute, Fedor took up independent creative activity - he opened a studio for shooting video clips, organized festivals and exhibitions. The first "clients" of the studio were
- Angelica Varum,
- Natalya Vetlitskaya,
- Boris Grebenshchikov,
- Kristina Orbakaite and her star mom,
- Vladimir Presnyakov and other stars of show business.
Unlike other clip makers, Fedor Bondarchuk approached the filming creatively, did not follow the time and requirements of the mass audience. And his work was rewarded - in 1993 he received the Ovation Award.
In 1998, Fedor resumed acting and began to act in films. His play was bright and deep, viewers and critics noted such works as Down House, Men's Work, 8 ½ dollars, Cinema about Cinema, I Stay and others.
Fedor Bondarchuk is no less successful as a director. In his "piggy bank" such significant works of this plan as
- "Inhabited Island" and its continuation,
- "9 Rota",
- Stalingrad
- "Attraction" and "Attraction-2",
- TV version of "Quiet Don",
- "Lord of the Wind" about Fedor Konyukhov.
The producer list of works by Fedor Bondarchuk includes almost 60 works, among which there was a place even for animated films - "Smeshariki. Deja Vu" and "Smeshariki. Legend of the Golden Dragon."
In addition to the creative component, Fyodor Bondarchuk also has social activities in life - he is an official representative of the President of the Russian Federation, a member of the board of the United Russia party and the Council for Art and Culture under the State Duma of Russia, and is a member of the board of directors of the Lenfilm film studio. For his work as an actor, director and producer, Fedor Bondarchuk has been nominated many times for prizes at Russian and international festivals, has nearly 20 awards at various levels.
