Pavel Lungin is one of the most prominent Russian screenwriters and directors in world cinema today. His filmography is full of very lively, vibrant and interesting paintings, for which he received many awards and prizes. His films are not just entertaining, they are thought-provoking and thought-provoking.
Pavel Lungin: filmography, biography
Lungin was born in Moscow at the height of summer - July 12, 1949. When he grew up, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father Semyon Lvovich Lungin. His mother - Liliana Zinovievna Lungina (Markovich) - was a philologist and translator of fiction, who became famous thanks to the translation of the story about Malysh and Carlson, which became instantly popular in Russia.
Pavel Semenovich graduated from the linguistic department of Moscow State University in 1971. This year in his life was full of another wonderful event - his son Sasha, a future producer and film director, was born.
Pavel Lungin never rested on his laurels, and soon he went to study at the Higher Courses of the Director's Department of the workshop of G. Danelia and M. Lvovsky.
Start
In his first debut work, Pavel Lungin first appeared as a screenwriter. His filmography dates back to 1976, when he filmed the work "It's all about the brother" - about brothers, one of whom is exemplary, and the other is a loafer and a loafer.
According to his own scenario, such works as “The End of the Emperor of the Taiga” (1978) - about the little-known pages of A. Gaidar and “Invincible” (1983) - about the Red Army soldier Khromov, who created a new look fighting without weapons.
This is how Pavel Lungin gradually got a taste and increased his experience. His filmography later said that, like swallows, one after another, the films “All the way around” (1981), “Companion Traveler” (1986), “Christians” (1987), “Eastern novel” (1992), etc.
France
In 1990 Pavel Semenovich Lungin left Russia and moved to France in Paris. However, this move did not change anything for him in terms of work, he attracted French producers and continued to shoot films in Mother Russia and about Russia.
Lungin is a very smart, talented and very brave person who is not afraid to challenge this world mired in mercantile dreams through his films. And this is despite the fact that he made his first film as a director at the age of forty, by this time he was already a mature person with a clear position. This is how director Pavel Lungin appeared, his filmography contains works for every taste.
Works
He made his directorial debut with his own film Taxi Blues (1990) with Pyotr Mamonov, which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Then he worked on several documentaries - "Gulag - the secret of happiness" (1991), "Underground Pioneer" (1993), "Nice: Little Russia" (1993) "Vladimir Mayakovsky" (1998), and also created the feature film Luna Park (1992), etc.
In 2000, he shoots the film "Wedding", which won an award at Cannes. The main roles were played by M. Mironova and M. Basharov. In 2001, the film Oligarch became the leader of the box office, and the film Poor Relatives took the Kinotavr-2005 prize.
One of his outstanding works was "The Island" with Peter Mamonov, filmed in 2006 and collected a huge number of awards. In 2009, he created the film "Tsar", again, with Peter Mamonov. And then there was the film "Conductor" (2012), the series "Motherland", and "Queen of Spades" with Ksenia Rappoport became one of his final works in 2016.
Conclusion
Although I did not immediately understand what Pavel Lungin wanted to do, his filmography, however, includes a huge number of great films. He is always very active and does not take long vacations between filming. According to him, the more you put in your work, the more inspiration, new strength and energy you get in return.
