Abdrashitov Vadim Yusupovich

Born January 19, 1945, Mr.. in Kharkov in the family of officer. Father - Abdrashitov S. (1918 g.rozhd.). Mother - Abdrashitova G. (1921 g.rozhd.). Wife - Toidze Natella (1950 g.rozhd.). Children - Abdrashitova Oleg (1973 g.rozhd.) And Nana (1980 g.rozhd.).

Together with parents, Vadim Abdrashitov wandered around the USSR: he lived in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Vladivostok, Leningrad, Moscow, Siberia, Alma-Ata and other regions of the country. He studied well, was fond of everything: theater studio, and various physical and mathematical circles. Gagarin's flight in 1961. all identified - the same spring was on the Alma-Ata railway College, and Vadim went to Moscow to engage in physics and space. Entered the famous Physical-Technical Institute in Dolgoprudny. Remembers Landau, Tamm, Kuznetsova, Semenova

. All this coincided with the renaissance of the thaw: read a lot, a lot of singing (Galich, Okudzhava, Vizbor, Gladilin, Vladimov) begins Vysotsky, published Aksenov, and already in the "New World", "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and the volume of Platonov -- man in a gray-bound
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In his student years, Vadim worked in the institute's factory newspaper, photographed on 16-mm film, writing. The feeling that will deal with the cinema, had the clear and. I decided to prepare for admission to VGIK. Transferred to the Moscow Chemical-Technological Institute of Applied Biotechnology (MKhTI) with its powerful in those years of amateur film studio.

In 1967. I went to work for Moscow Electrovacuum factory, where he studied color kinescope. He worked as foreman, team leader, finished his career head of a large shop, which later is very handy.

In 1970. entered the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Best Director at the workshop of Mikhail Romm. This is largely determined in the life of Vadim Abdrashitova. But soon, at 2-year student, Michael I. died, and the students brought to the diploma LA Kulidzhanov.

VY Abdrashitov protect their coursework - a satirical comedy based on the story of Grigory Gorin's "Stop Potapov!". With her and asked in 1974. young director at Mosfilm to his association "Comrade" Yu J. Reisman, the man next to whom Abdrashitova fortunate to work more than 20 years.

For a long time - more than a year - Vadim Abdrashitov searching for a script, read them more than 200. Among them were good, then turned in a remarkable picture. This was the scenario "Someone has to protect" the young, then unknown Alexander Mindadze. Director telephoned the author, they met and immediately started to work, friends. For 25 years, made 10 films. Among them: "I call for protection" (1976), . "Turn" (1978), . "Fox Hunting" (1980), . "He stopped the train" (1982), . "Parade of Planets" (1984), . "Plyumbum, . or Dangerous Game "(1986), . "The Servant" (1988), . "Armavir" (1991), . "Play for a passenger" (1995), . "Time of the Dancer" (1997),
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Currently creative tandem Abdrashitov-Mindadze's plan is working on a new. Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov awarded the honorary title "People's Artist of Russia" (1992). He - winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize for his film "The word for protection, laureate of State Prize of the RSFSR for the film" He stopped the train "(1984) and the USSR State Prize for his film" The Servant "(1991). Film 'servant' honored at the Berlin festviale Alfred Bower Award for the development of cinema and the Ecumenical Jury Prize. Film 'The play for the passenger' there in Berlin received a 'Silver Bear'. For the film "Plyumbum or Dangerous Game" VY Abdrashitov awarded the Gold Medal 44-th International Film Festival in Venice

. VY Abdrashitov is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, a member of Russia Academy of Film, a member of the jury award "Triumph"
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Lives and works in Moscow.