Russian producers: biographies, the path to success

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:47

Russian producers today ensure the development of national culture in all its areas. These are people who find money for the implementation of various projects, strive to help and support truly creative and talented people. We will talk about several of them in this article.

Bari Alibasov

One of the first Russian producers in the history of the domestic music industry - Bari Alibasov. He was born in the town of Charsk on the territory of the Kazakh SSR in 1946.

His first successful project was the "Integral" group back in 1966. The ensemble played jazz music, while it was officially registered with the Ust-Kamenogorsk Road Construction Institute. At the same time, Alibasov first declared himself not only as a Russian producer, but also as a composer, writing the song "Spring Rain".

The group has repeatedly become a laureate and winner of various competitions, in 1985 took part in the International Festival of Youth and Students. In total, the team lasted 22 years, playing notonly jazz, but also psychedelic, country music.

In 1989, Alibasov himself dissolved the Integral group, creating a pop group called Na-Na. He is still its leader. Under the leadership of the Russian music producer Alibasov, "Na-Na" became one of the most famous domestic pop groups in the 90s. She had a whole army of fans. Alibasov created nine show programs, released 21 concert films, and writes most of the band's lyrics himself.

In 2017, the group "Na-Na" after a long break appeared on stage with a new song "Zinaida".

Iosif Prigogine

Another Russian producer who works in the music industry is Iosif Prigogine. He was born in Makhachkala in 1969. He began by organizing concerts in the late 80s throughout the entire Soviet Union. And at first he performed himself, but then left the stage, claiming that he could not find an image that would be interesting to the viewer.

Today it is a successful Russian producer of singers Nikolai Noskov, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Abraham Russo, Alexander Marshal, Diduli, Valeria, Kristina Orbakaite. Considered one of the most successful in this profession at present.

Maxim Fadeev

Only the famous Russian producer Maxim Fadeev can compete with Prigogine in success and popularity. He was born in 1968 in Kurgan. In his youth, he himself played in a group at the Palace of Culture of Mechanical Engineers of his native city. In the early 1990s he moved tothe capital, where he began working as an arranger.

In 1993, he began to collaborate with singer Svetlana Geiman, who became known under the pseudonym Linda. In the early 2000s, it was Fadeev who became the producer of the popular show "Star Factory 2" in the country. Shortly before that, another of his projects started with Natalia Chistyakova-Ionova, who performed under the pseudonym Glucose.

Fadeev founded his own production center, regularly organizing "Star Factory" on Channel One, and then helping performers organize tours and tours.

Timur Bekmambetov

Perhaps the most successful Russian film producer is Timur Bekmambetov. He was born in the town of Guryev in 1961.

Fame came to him in 2004, when he, as a director and screenwriter, released the film "Night Watch" - an adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name by Sergei Lukyanenko.

Bekmambetov's projects

After that, he continued to make films, but, as a rule, acted as a producer. To date, he has produced: the Russian drama mini-series "Gromovs", the melodramatic comedy "The Irony of Fate. Continuation", the animated horror film "9", the fantastic action movie "Black Lightning", several parts of the New Year's comedy "Christmas Trees", the melodramatic comedy "Freaks "Apollo 18 pseudo-documentary sci-fi horror film, action film"Phantom", adventure cartoon "Smeshariki. The Beginning", thriller "President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", crime comedy "Gentlemen, Good Luck!", computer cartoon "The Snow Queen", tragicomedy "Bitter", dramatic comedy "Game of Truth", melodramatic fantasy "He is a dragon", comedy musical "The Best Day", thriller "Remove from friends", fantastic action movie "Hardcore", historical adventure drama "Time of the First", comedy "Hack Bloggers", biographical drama "War of the Currents" ", thriller "Profile".

Konstantin Ernst

The General Director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, is the producer of most of the projects that appear on it. He was born in Moscow in 1961. This is one of the most influential media managers, because he has been running the largest Russian channel for almost 20 years (since 1999).

He made his debut as a producer in 1998 in Alexander Rogozhkin's film "Checkpoint" and in Denis Evstigneev's film "Mama". In 2000, he produced another film by Rogozhkin: "Features of the National Hunt in Winter", and then helped shoot the film "Let's Make Love" by Evstigneev.

Among his projects are the drama about submariners "72 meters", the adventure film "Turkish Gambit", "Day Watch", "Irony of Fate. Continuation". ATIn 2011, a joint project by Anatoly Maksimov and Ernst was released - "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive." The film was worked on for 5 years, directed by Petr Buslov.

Among Ernst's latest projects is Andrey Kravchuk's historical military drama "Viking", which lasted for seven years. The picture was dedicated to the circumstances that led to the coming to power of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich. The events described in The Tale of Bygone Years formed the basis. The film's budget amounted to more than one billion rubles. The movie paid off at the box office.