Alexander Adabashyan - screenwriter, actor, artist and director

The overwhelming majority of Russian-speaking viewers of the planet Alexander Adabashyan (photo below) is known for the phrase: "Oatmeal, sir!" In Soviet times, it was very popular. When she pronounces in memory emerges the image of the butler Barrymore from the painting "The Dog of the Baskervilles." But very few people know that he was brilliantly played by Alexander.

For those who are seriously interested in cinema, Adabashyan is known as an actor (only for minor and episodic roles). A lot of people remember Alexander on the screen version of the works of Boris Akunin about the lucky detective Erast Fandorin, released on the screens in 2002. In this article, a short biography of Adabashyan will be described. So, let's get started.

Childhood and study

Adabashyan Alexander Artemovich was born in Moscow in 1945. Since childhood, the boy had artistic inclinations, so that parents planned to develop their son in this path. Cinema in the life plans of Adabashyan was not at all. In 1971, Alexander graduated from art school and unexpectedly found himself in a completely different sphere. Naturally, it was the cinema. How did this happen? There were two reasons for this. Firstly, Alexander had a writer-journalistic gift. Secondly, Adabashyan had an acquaintance with a number of famous cinematographers (Nikita Mikhalkov and others). They also advised the young man to try himself in a new field. And Alexander Adabashyan followed their recommendations.

Carier start

Everyone immediately realized that the hero of this article is a talented person. Soviet viewers probably remember the picture "My own among strangers." Now it has become an indisputable classic of the genre. So, Alexander, along with the director and actors took part in creating an ineffable atmosphere of this film. He worked as an artist-director. He also played an episodic role in the tape.

Cinematographer

Perhaps, this title Alexander Adabashyan deserved like no other. At the moment, the actor has more than twenty paintings. In addition to the legendary role of Barrymore in The Hound of the Baskervilles, he was remembered by a wide circle of viewers for two more images: the bailiff (12) and Berlioz (Master and Margarita).

Production designer and screenwriter

In this capacity, Alexander Adabashyan is the creator of such films as "Eyes Black", "Rodnya", "Five Evenings", "Slave of Love", etc. In general, his creative piggy bank has about twenty films.

Producer

Alexander Adabashyan himself calls his debut in this field an adventure. It all began in 1992, when the French invited him to write a screenplay for the picture "Mado, poste restante." The novel was based on a novel written by Simone Ares. As a result, Adabashyan wrote a script that was completely different from the original.

The French read it all and asked Alexandra for clarifying questions. Adabashyan was so artistically and enthusiastically defending his own version that the producers decided to entrust him with the production of the film. After the release of the screens, the picture received prizes at several festivals. Alexander said that he did not consider himself a director and did not shoot anything for more than ten years.

The next director's work of Adabashyan was the screen version of the novel-detective "Azazel", written by Boris Akunin. The premiere took place in 2002. Akunin, according to the terms of the contract, signed with ORT, could choose to screen his work as actors and directors. He was offered a rather long list, and Boris chose Adabashyan. The writer explained his decision by the fact that he liked the film of Alexander "Mado". Also Akunin considered the hero of this article a talented artist and screenwriter.

Opinions of colleagues

Alexandra is very much appreciated in the professional circle. All colleagues in the shop speak about it only positively. Here is how Adabashyan was described by the actress Marina Pupenina, who starred in his Azazeli: "We came to visit him. The maestro regaled us with incredible stories. Four hours passed unnoticed. Alexander Artemovich is an aristocratic, delicate and refined man. I would gladly work with him again. "

Confession

Adabashyan Alexander, whose biography is presented above, is not too well known to the mass audience. But in professional circles everyone knows about his services and is considered a true master. Alexander Artemovich is a laureate of the State Prize of Kazakhstan, Honored Artist of Russia, winner of the Silver Pegasus (prize for the best foreign script) and winner of the Fellini Prize. In addition, we should not forget that the hero of this article was the artist-director of "Khovanshchina" and "Boris Godunov" for the two most famous theaters of the world - La Scala and Mariinsky.