Mark Zakharov
Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army soldier during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitri Pevtsov. Mark Zakharov has been the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he has helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture.
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Movies (42)
Yankovsky
2015
The Heavenly Wanderers
2014 · Director
Peer Gynt
2012 · Writer, Director
Marriage
2012 · Director
Balakirev the Jester
2011 · Director
The Cherry Orchard
2011 · Director
Alexander Abdulov. Romance with Life
2009 · Self - Режиссер
Marriage
2007 · Director
Mad Day or Figaro Wedding
2005 · Director
The Barbarian and the Heretic
2005 · Director
The Royal Games
2005 · Director
Mystification
2005 · Director
Juno and Avos
2004 · Director
All In
2004 · Director
The Wise Man
2004 · Director
Balakirev the Jester
2001 · Director
The Seagull
1994 · Director
Memorial Prayer
1993 · Director
The Prisoner of If Castle
1989 · Screenplay
To Kill a Dragon
1988 · Director, Writer
Dictatorship of Conscience
1988 · Director
Three Girls in Blue
1988 · Director
Artists in Theatre, Film and Television
1988 · Self
I Have the Honor
1987 · Writer
The House That Swift Built
1985 · Director
Formula of Love
1984 · Director
Juno and Avos
1983 · Director
The Name of the Earth and the Sun
1981 · Director
The Very Same Munchhausen
1979 · Director
Ordinary Miracle
1978 · Writer, Director
Lad from Our Town
1978 · Director
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth
1976 · Writer
For Better and for Worse
1975 · Writer
Wake Up and Sing
1974 · Director
Пир во время чумы
1974 · Director
The Sannikov Land
1973 · Writer
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
1972 · Writer, Director
Hurry to Build a House
1971 · Writer
The White Sun of the Desert
1969 · Additional Writing
Schweik in World War II
1969 · Director
Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić
1969 · Director
The Plan and the Dummy
1966 · Writer
