Director Anna Parmas

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Anna Parmas is a contemporary Russian director and screenwriter. Author of such projects as "Caution, modern!", "Cococo".

Biography

Director Anna Parmas was born in 1970. Her hometown is St. Petersburg. As a child, Anna dreamed of an acting career. However, the parents were against it. That is why the future director chose the profession of an engineer. After receiving her diploma, Anna Parmas did not work in her speci alty.

Career start

Anna Parmas, whose biography began in the city on the Neva, began her career as an ordinary employee at Lenfilm. Namely, the assistant director. Parnas did not work long at the famous film studio. Soon she went to television, where she became one of the co-authors of the project "Caution, modern!".

In 2004, the team that had been working on the popular program for several years broke up. After that, for three years, Anna Parmas worked as a screenwriter and director at the Belarusfilm studio, where she took part in the creation of Gentle Winter.

Recognition

Once film director Avdotya Smirnova offered Anna to write a script for a new film together. As a result, a small comedy was filmed, and then the films Cococo and Two Days. Both worksnoted by critics. And their creators were awarded the Nika and Golden Eagle prizes.

Anna Parmas also made her acting debut in the film "Cococo". In the film, she played one of the minor roles. What other works are there in the track record of such a talented and creative person as Anna Parmas?

Filmography

As a director and screenwriter, Parmas created the following projects:

"Full Modern".
"Careful, modern!"
"One evening".
"Manor's estate".
Gentle Winter.
"Why are you girls?".
"Leningrad stories".

Anna Parmas also wrote scripts for the TV series On the Hook and Beware Zadov.

Careful, modern

The history of the project began with small releases that appeared on television in St. Petersburg. The title "Caution, modern!" the series received in 1996, when each episode began to be created for a duration of twenty-five minutes and received an independent story.

Cococo

Yana Troyanova and Anna Mikhalkova played the main roles in this social tragicomedy. The premiere took place in 2012. What is Cococo about?

Provincial Vika arrives in St. Petersburg, where she meets an employee of the Kunstkamera named Lisa. A native resident of the Northern capital offers a new friend to temporarily stay at her house.

Through the efforts of a young and energetic provincial, the life of a museum worker turns into a series of endless and funparties. A nascent friendship turns into conflict.

Careful, Zadov

This humorous series tells about the life of a rude and uncouth ensign. The main action takes place in the same place as the events from the life of the heroes of the project "Caution, modern! -2". But the story has expanded somewhat. The action takes place in the store, and on the street, and in part of a colorful ensign named Zadov.

According to press estimates, the new multi-part film is devoid of charming and bright characters familiar to the viewer. The plot is overextended. And, unlike the series "Caution, modern!", This project is filled with too many dirty jokes. And therefore, it is inferior to the previous work of Smirnova and Parmas in popularity.

Hooked

The heroine of the series is a figure skating coach. Her name is Rita and she suffers from the infidelity of her lover. He left her to marry of convenience. Rita decides to take revenge on her failed husband. And for this, she creates an insidious plan, according to which, first of all, you need to fall in love with Vlasov, a rich and influential relative of Rita's rival.

But the trouble is that no one knows what a person looks like, whose money and social position haunt the main character's ex-fiance. However, there is information that Vlasov is fond of diving, and spends most of his free time in Thailand. In search of this mysterious man, Rita is assisted by journalist Konstantin. Together with him, the girl goes on a long journey.

Two days

This comedy melodrama was released in 2011. The protagonist of the series is Pyotr Drozdov. He is an important metropolitan official who one day visits the provincial museum of a Russian writer whose name has long been forgotten. Drozdov supports the plans of the regional governor, who dreams of demolishing the useless museum and building a new residence in its place. But then there is a fateful meeting with an intelligent and educated girl. Maria works at the museum. She is a literary critic by profession. Drozdov is gradually changing his views not only on the fate of the museum, but also on life in general. And, of course, falls in love with a young employee of the institution.