Our whole life is a performance, and the people in it are actors. What more in this phrase - irony or common sense - definitely can not be said. One can agree with this statement in the mood. Although the real theatrical production is often deeper and more meaningful than conflicts in the family or at work. Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov has been directing for many years. He designs events and relationships between people in order to convey to the audience the meaning of what is happening in the reality around us. And he's doing pretty well.
Environmental impact
The human body, primarily the psyche and digestion, is designed in such a way as to spend as little energy as possible on decision-making. And these same decisions have to be made "a hundred times a day." That’s why not every actor gets even a mediocre director.
The performer of the role on the stage or on the set does not have to strain his brains - all his actions are spelled out in the script. A completely different burden falls on the director. He needs to think over and give meaning to every gesture, every movement and every cue of the actor who is present on the stage. There is no way to do without the strain of brain gyrus.
However, powerful intelligence is not enough. The director needs a solid and at the same time plastic character. You can’t write a biography of Mark Zakharov under a carbon copy. His figure is a bright personality, and his manner of behavior does not fit into generally accepted patterns and frames.
The future theatrical figure was born on October 13, 1933 in a Moscow family. Mark's father taught physical education at school, and his mother taught the basics of the children’s skills in the drama section. In those days, young people sought to become pilots, polar explorers, engineers.
At first, the mother did not orient the boy towards an acting career. Moreover, there was a nuisance with my father. He was sentenced to three years and deported from the capital. The wife followed him, and Mark remained in the care of his grandmother. My grandmother had a responsible job - she was in charge of the orphanage. Due to professional specifics, the grandmother was well versed in child psychology. Despite the difficulties and troubles that arose, the child was taught to feel sublime and beautiful. Introduced to art. At seven years old, he first attended the play "Blue Bird", which was staged at the Moscow Art Theater. He really enjoyed being in the puppet theater, which was directed by Sergei Obraztsov.
Labor and days
The Zakharovs lived in Moscow, and Mark didn’t have to "go to the field to get the crop" in order to provide himself with food. Having received a certificate of maturity, the young man, after some hesitation, decided to go to GITIS and get an acting education. Mother professionally played the role of a tutor, and a high school graduate became a student. Without the help of a parent, this might not have happened. From the second year, Zakharov began to receive secondary roles in performances that were staged in the leading theaters of the capital. In 1955, the awarded actor was assigned to the Perm Drama Theater.
It would seem that in a province where there is taiga and frost, there is no room for creativity. Everything turned out exactly the opposite. A young and energetic actor from the capital demonstrates his widest range of possibilities. Mark plays on stage. He writes poetry, scripts and miniatures. Draws the scenery and collects them from improvised materials. He could become a joiner of the middle hand, but he is invited to work at a local university. It is on the student scene that he tries his hand as a director. It is important to note that every business that Zakharov undertook was brought to a successful conclusion.
Three years passed like one day, and Mark Zakharov with the walk of a seasoned man turned back to his native land. Moscow has a wide selection of venues where you can demonstrate your abilities and potential. Still not very famous, but already known in narrow circles, the actor lingered for a long time in the Variety Theater of Miniatures. It must be said that Mark Anatolyevich himself wrote scripts and dialogues for plays. He was good at humorous sketches. It was here that he felt his strength to seriously engage in directing. In 1965, Zakharov went to serve in the capital's satire theater.
