The best Russian directors of all time

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

Modern Russian cinema is very far behind the Western one, and this is a fact. The point here is not the lack of patriotism, but the quality of the films. It so happened that in modern Russia there are very few people who, while making a film, think about art, and not about money. However, this was not always the case.

The fact that modern directors in Russia for the most part do not worry much about art makes most viewers think that all domestic cinema is a priori bad and does not deserve attention at all. However, this is a very gross misconception. There are directors in Russia who made films of the highest level and made a huge contribution not only to domestic, but also to world cinema. Many of these people are no longer alive, but the memory of them will forever remain among those who truly love and appreciate good cinema. So, here are some famous Russian directors.

Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-1986)

The personality of the Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky is rightfully considered one of the main figures in world cinema. He was one of those people who completely devoted themselves to their work, creating not just films, but real works.art.

Tarkovsky grew up in a small Russian village. His father was a poet, and his mother graduated from a literary institute, so the future director was in love with art from childhood. Despite the fact that he lived most of his life in Moscow, his childhood years had a strong influence on the formation of Andrei as a person. He will make a film about this in the future called "Mirror".

A feature of Tarkovsky's paintings is that he pays great attention to the meaning that the film carries. With each new tape, he revealed some important truth to the viewer, giving an invaluable life lesson. And his last film, which is called "Sacrifice", sums up all the work of the director.

Definitely recommended to watch such films by Tarkovsky:

• "Mirror";
• "Solaris";
• "Sacrifice";
• "Andrey Rublev".

Leonid Gaidai (1923-1993)

The name of Leonid Gaidai is known to every person who grew up in the Soviet Union, with very rare exceptions. His films were watched by almost the whole country, and the phrases of his heroes are still winged and are firmly included in our lexicon.

Gaidai was born in the Amur region, in a small town called Svobodny, but his family almost immediately moved to Irkutsk, where the future director spent his childhood. In 1941 he was called up for war, however, fortunately, he survived, and not just survived, but returned with medals for military merit and military prowess. Afterof the war, he studied at VGIK, in Moscow, and since 1955 he worked at the Mosfilm film studio.

The main direction in the work of Leonid Gaidai were comedies. He, like no one else, knew how to make a film so that it turned out to be witty, memorable, not vulgar and very funny.

Definitely recommended for viewing such films of a talented director:

• "Operation Y" and Shurik's other adventures";
• "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures";
• "Diamond Arm";
• "12 chairs";
• "Ivan Vasilievich is changing his profession".

Nikita Mikhalkov

It is immediately worth noting that, unlike previous filmmakers, Nikita Mikhalkov, fortunately, is alive and well and continues his work in the cinema.

From the merits of the director, it is worth mentioning as many as 3 nominations for the most prestigious world film award "Oscar", which he once received for the film "Burnt by the Sun" in 1995. Few directors in Russia have received this award, although Mikhalkov was not the first of them.

Nikita Sergeevich was born in Moscow on October 21, 1945 and lived there all his life. The future Oscar winner, like most talented Russian directors, studied at VGIK, and after graduating from the institute he made his first film, which was called “At Home Among Strangers, Stranger Among Ours.”

In the work of Nikita Mikhalkov, special attention should be paid to such films:

• "Burnt by the Sun";
• "At home among strangers, a stranger among our own";
• "The Barber of Siberia".

In closing

In fact, there are good directors in Russia, they are just not as well known to a wide range of viewers as, for example, Hollywood directors. However, this does not mean that their films are in any way inferior to foreign ones. Having looked at any of the above pictures, which were shot by the best directors of Russia, the viewer can easily be convinced of this.