Best directors of Russia for all time

Modern Russian cinema is very much behind the West, and this is a fact. The point here is not the lack of patriotism, but as films. It so happened that in modern Russia there are very few people who, at the time of the film's creation, think about art, not about money. However, this was not always the case.

The fact that modern directors of Russia in the majority 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 gross blunder. There are such directors of Russia who have made films of the highest level and have made a huge contribution not only to the domestic but also to the 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 a good movie. So, here are some famous directors of Russia.

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986)

The personality of the Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky is rightfully considered to be one of the main figures in the world cinema. He was one of those people who gave themselves up completely, creating not just films, but real works of 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 from childhood was in love with art. Despite the fact that most of his life he lived in Moscow, the children's years had a strong influence on the formation of Andrew as a person. About this in the future, he will shoot a film called "Mirror".

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

Definitely recommended for viewing such Tarkovsky films:

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

Leonid Gaidai (1923-1993)

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

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

The main direction in the work of Leonid Gaidai was comedy. He did not know how to make a film so that it turned out to be witty, memorable, not vulgar and very funny.

Definitely recommended to view such films as a talented director:

• "Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik";
• "The Caucasian Captive, or Shurik's New Adventures";
• "The Diamond Arm";
• "12 chairs";
• "Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession."

Nikita Mikhalkov

Immediately it is worth noting that unlike previous filmmakers, Nikita Mikhalkov, fortunately, is alive and well and continues his activity 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. This award was received by a few directors of Russia, although Mikhalkov was not the first of them.

Nikita Sergeyevich was born in Moscow on October 21, 1945 and lived there all his life. The future Oscar winner was studying, like most talented Russian filmmakers at VGIK, and after graduating from the institute, he filmed his first film, which was called "My own among strangers, a stranger among my own."

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

• "Burnt by the Sun";
• "His own among strangers, a stranger among his own";
• "The Barber of Siberia."

Finally

In fact, there are good directors of Russia, they just are not so well known to a wide audience, like, for example, the directors of Hollywood. However, this does not mean that their films at least in some 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 see this.