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Vladimir Potapov
Владимир Потапов
Birth at
8 October 1963
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Potapov Vladimir Alekseevich was born in Ulyanovsk on October 8, 1963.
After graduation, Vladimir entered the Polytechnic Institute and studied there until 1986. Then he got a job at one of the local factories as a master, worked as a designer for some time and even served in the army as an officer. For a short period, Vladimir was a screenwriter in the local theater and a director on one of the TV channels. In 1996, Potapov decided to undergo training in the workshop of V. Khotinenko and moved
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Potapov Vladimir Alekseevich was born in Ulyanovsk on October 8, 1963.
After graduation, Vladimir entered the Polytechnic Institute and studied there until 1986. Then he got a job at one of the local factories as a master, worked as a designer for some time and even served in the army as an officer. For a short period, Vladimir was a screenwriter in the local theater and a director on one of the TV channels.
In 1996, Potapov decided to undergo training in the workshop of V. Khotinenko and moved to Moscow. Since 1997, he became a deputy director on the set, then a screenwriter, and then a second director. As a director, he worked on several documentary films.
In 2003, the young director started working on feature films, and in 2005 he already received his first awards: the “Audience Choice Award” at the International Film Debut Festival and the diploma of the Festival of TV programs “For displaying youth themes” for the picture.
"We'll die together..." .
In 2006, Potapov received a diploma “For the kindest comedy” from the ORT TV channel and was nominated for the award “Best male role” of the festival “Smile, Russia” for his work on the film “Sold Dacha”.
In 2007, the film “Zero-seven changes course” was released, for which the director was awarded a diploma “For a bright reflection of a patriotic theme”. In addition, he was awarded the diploma “For Disclosure of the Theme of Patriotism” at the IV International Festival of the CIS countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Then the director began to make a movie about sports, and in 2009 the film “The Whisper of Orange Clouds” was released, subsequently he received the prize for “Best Sports Film”.
In addition, his films “The Mediator”, “White Canvas”, “The Charm of the Devil”, “Secret for Two” are also very popular with the audience and received many positive reviews from film critics.