Sergey Solovyov. Biography and filmography of the famous director

Sergei Solovyov was born in 1944, 25August. He is known as a Russian director, actor, screenwriter and producer. It should be noted that his way to fame lay through thorny jungle. About how the famous film director followed his dream, we'll talk in our article.

Childhood of Solovyov

The famous director in the city of Kem was born. Sergey's mother is Kaleria S. Nifontova, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Father - Alexander D. Solovyov - a soldier.

It is known that in a place called Kem familyfell after the tragic events that occurred. The fact is that Sergei Nikolayevich Nifontov, the grandfather of Solovyov, was arrested in 1936 and sent to Kemsky camp No. 1. As it turned out, his wife is a real "Decembrist". She went without a drop of doubt after her husband, taking with her two daughters - Kaleria and Maria.

Soon the grandfather was released from prison, becauseno one could find the evidence of his guilt and could not. I did not want to move the family again. Everyone decided to stay in Kemi. A few years later, Sergei's grandfather was again taken into custody, and later he passed away.

Sergey's father came to Kem with the statemission. Seeing the young and beautiful Kaleria, the man immediately fell in love. It should be noted that in Leningrad, Alexander Dmitrievich had a family. After a while, he divorced his wife and registered a marriage with Kaleria.

Later they had a little Sergei. At this time was the Great Patriotic War, so the family had to be quite difficult. It should be said that Sergei's grandmother was the head of the Kemsky railway department. During the war, she relied on rations, but still could not support the family. In addition, the Germans regularly bombed the city and selected food from local residents.

After a year and a half the family moved to Pyongyang(North Korea), since his father received the post of advisor to Kim Il Sung. In the foreign land the Solovyovs did not live long. The fate returned them to their homeland in Leningrad in 1947. There the boy went to school. It is worth saying that since childhood Sergey has dreamed of becoming a submariner, but fate decreed otherwise.

Youth Solovyov

After the release of the film "Flying Cranes" SergeiSoloviev, whose films were subsequently watched by millions of viewers, decides to seriously engage in directing. After graduating from school, he enters the Institute of Cinematography.

Debut in the movie

The first role of Sergei Solovyov was played by him in the film "Look at the face". In 1963, the painting was awarded the prize of the Leipzig Film Festival.

In 1968, Sergei Soloviev graduated from the institute and put as a thesis work on the play "The Moon for the stepsons of fate."

The first director's work

The very first and serious work of Sergei Solovyov- screen version of the painting "Egor Bulychev and Others" (AM Gorky). The main role was played by Mikhail Ulyanov. And the "Stationmaster" was the first film to be released on large screens.

The most famous came Solovyov paintings"The black rose is the emblem of sadness, the red rose is the emblem of love", "Assa", "The house under the starry sky". At the beginning of the second millennium, Sergei Alexandrovich Soloviev made one of his best films - The Golden Rose.

It should be said that the famous cinematographer released 3 volumes of his memoirs: "The beginning. Then yes, this ... "," Nothing that I smoke ... ", Word for word."

Do not forget that in addition to everythingSergei Solovyov (director) was the head of the Krug association at Mosfilm, a professor at the VGIK, chairman of the SK of Russia from 1994 to 1997, and president of the Moscow IFC.

Personal life

Sergei Soloviev (director) was married 3 times. The first - on the actress Catherine Vasilyeva, with whom he met in VGIK. Five years later the couple broke up.

Second marriage Sergei Soloviev concluded with actress Marianna Kushnerova. In marriage, the young had a son - Dmitry Soloviev. He was the main character in the film "Tender Age".

The third wife of Solovyov was actress TatianaDrubich. The couple met on the set of the picture "One Hundred Days After Childhood". It is worth saying that between them there was a big difference in age - 15 years. The couple at first looked ridiculous: a 28-year-old married man and a 13-year-old young actress evoked resentment from others. In addition, the girl's parents were against this relationship, and Sergei's wife did not keep silent - she complained to the party's party committee. But Tatyana and Sergey's love could not resist anything. After a while, the couple got married. In 1984, a daughter named Anya was born to the young. In 2006, she graduated from the Higher School of Theater and Arts Munich in piano. Now the girl lives and works in Moscow.

Unfortunately, in 1989 Tatyana and Sergey divorced.

We wish the famous actor, filmmaker, script writer and producer success in his future projects!