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Aleksandr Anatolevich Mindadze
Александр Миндадзе
Birth at
28 April 1949
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Alexander Anatolyevich Mindadze, Soviet and Russian screenwriter, director and producer, winner of many festivals and awards, was born in Moscow on April 28, 1949 in the family of film playwright A.B. Grebnev. To earn the work experience necessary for admission to VGIK, he worked for some time in court as a secretary. He studied at the script faculty of VGIK in the workshop of screenwriter Katerina Vinogradskaya. As a student, he wrote the scripts for the short films Return of the Boat, The Task,
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Alexander Anatolyevich Mindadze, Soviet and Russian screenwriter, director and producer, winner of many festivals and awards, was born in Moscow on April 28, 1949 in the family of film playwright A.B. Grebnev. To earn the work experience necessary for admission to VGIK, he worked for some time in court as a secretary.
He studied at the script faculty of VGIK in the workshop of screenwriter Katerina Vinogradskaya. As a student, he wrote the scripts for the short films Return of the Boat, The Task, The One Who Saved Me, It Was Us. He graduated in 1971.
Since the late 1970s, the creative union of Alexander Mindadze and Vadim Abdrashitov has been formed, which lasted more than thirty years.
As a screenwriter, he made his film debut in The Word for Defense in 1976. Then followed the scripts for the films “Spring Call” (1976),
Turn (1978), "Fox Hunt" (1980),
Parade of Planets (1984) and others.
In 1984 he received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Directorial debut of Alexander Mindadze took place in 2007. It was a movie.
"The gap" She was invited to the Venice Film Festival in the Criticism Week program. She was also awarded the White Elephant Award of the Guild of Film Critics and Screen Critics of Russia for best screenplay and best directorial debut.
Another directorial work of Alexander Mindadze – a film
"On Saturday." . The film, dedicated to the Chernobyl tragedy, participated in the fight for the main prizes of the 61st Berlin Film Festival. She was also awarded the Grand Prix of the International Film Festival in Brussels.
In 2011, Alexander Mindadze was awarded the Order “For Services to the Fatherland of the IV degree”.
Alexander Mindadze is the father of two daughters born in marriage to actress Galina Orlova. The eldest, Katya, is a director. The youngest, Nina, is an artist.