Konstantin Ernst - biography, personal life and the best films

Successful and attractive, popular and famous Konstantin Ernst is one of the most significant figures in the Russian media business. Of course, this man is a screenwriter, producer, co-founder of the magazine "However," President of the Industrial Committee of the Mass Media, General Director of "First Channel" and a member of the Academy of Television of Russia in one person. It is safe to say that Konstantin Ernst, whose biography will be described in the article, made more for Russian television than anyone.

Childhood and youth

Constantine was born in February 1961, on the 6th. His father, Lev Konstantinovich Ernst, is an Honored Biologist, Academician of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Doctor and Professor of Agricultural Sciences and Vice-President of the Russian Agricultural Academy.

Childhood and school years Konstantin Ernst held in St. Petersburg. He also received higher education there - at the Leningrad University at the Faculty of Biochemistry. After graduating from university, Constantine began working at the research institute. And his career was more than successful. In 1986, at the age of 25, he already defended his thesis of candidate of biochemical sciences.

A chidhood dream

Despite the fact that all predicted a great future for Konstantin in science, he chose for himself a different path, following the long childhood dream. Working in film for him was much more important than biochemistry. Konstantin Ernst even declined the tempting offer to study at the University of Cambridge, as he clearly saw his gray and uninteresting future as a research fellow. His movie attracted him with incredible strength, and he began to look for ways to realize his childhood dream. So Konstantin Lvovich got on television.

The first steps in a television career

In 1988, Konstantin Ernst first appeared on TV screens - he became the face of the program "Vzglyad." In the same year he tried himself in the role of director - he shot a video for the song "Aerobics" of the group "Alice". Already in the following year 1989 the director presented his first full-length work to the audience - the film "Radio of Silence", and a short later short feature film "Homo Duplex". Ernst's first works became evidence that he has undoubted talent and is truly engaged in his own business.

In 1990, Konstantin Lvovich appeared as the author and TV presenter of the program "Matador". At this time, the general producer of the TV company "VID" Vladislav Listiev gave a colleague a serious task - to develop a plan for the transformation of the first channel.

In November 1994, Boris Yeltsin issued a decree establishing the ORT, the first independent channel in Russia (now the First Channel). Most of the company's shares belonged to the state (51%), and 49% were divided among themselves by the largest commercial banks of Russia. The general director of the channel was Vladislav Listiev, who died tragically at the hands of the hired killer in March 1995.

Sergey Blagovolin was appointed to his post. For several months the management of ORT persuaded Ernst to become the general producer of the channel. It was believed that he - the only person who understands the concept of the development of the new channel to the end, because it was he who worked on it together with the deceased Liestiev. Ernst resisted for a long time, because he did not consider himself worthy of this responsible position, but in June 1995 the ORT channel became the general producer in his person.

Achievements

During the first few years of Konstantin Lvovich's work, ORT has turned into the country's most rated television channel, which is still the case. It is thanks to him and his colleague, the journalist Parfyonov Leonid, that the viewer can now enjoy "Old songs about the main thing". For this work, Constantine was awarded the prize of the International festival of entertainment and music programs "Golden Olive". The father of many popular Russian TV series was also Ernst Konstantin Lvovich. The biography of the producer is rich in successful film works, the production of which he started studying in 1998. Among the first series of Ernst should identify "lethal force", "Border. Taiga Novel "," Stop on Demand "," Waiting Room ", which forced out Mexican and Brazilian" soap operas "from Russian TV screens. The work "Blockhouse" brought Ernst recognition at the Russian Film Festival in Sochi. The project was recognized as the winner in the nomination "Best Film". And at the international festival in Moscow, Konstantin Ernst was awarded the "Crystal Globe" as the best director. He also co-produced the film Evstigneev Denis "Mama".

General Director of ORT

In September 1999, Konstantin Ernst, whose biography contains many achievements in the field of the television industry, began a new stage in his life - managing the affairs of the ORT channel as a general director. Prior to this post was occupied by Igor Shabdurasulov, who suggested that Constantine replace him. During this period, there are such films by Konstantin Ernst as "The Night Watch", "The Irony of Fate. Continuation "," Stop on Demand "and others.

In 2000, Konstantin Lvovich co-wrote the joint project "ITAR-TASS" and "ORT" under the title "Power formula", dedicated to the leaders of the world. In the same year, under the leadership of Ernst, the last "Old songs about the main thing" were filmed.

In 2002, on the initiative of Mikhalkov Nikita, with the participation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, GTRK, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation and the ORT channel, the National Academy of Cinematographic Sciences and Arts was founded, and Ernst Konstantin became a member.

The birth of the "First Channel"

In July 2002, at the suggestion of Ernst at the shareholders' meeting, it was decided to rename ORT to Channel One. In October of the same year Konstantin Ernst was elected head of the Industrial Committee of the Mass Media.

Projects of recent years

The period from 2002 to 2004 was very productive in the career of Konstantin Lvovich. During this time, as a producer, he presented the audience with a lot of interesting TV projects, among them "Land", "Special Forces", "Saboteur", "Azazel", "Investigators are experts", "Other Life", "Turkish Gambit", "72 meters" and many others.

Later Ernst swung to records - the film "Day Watch", where he acted as a screenwriter and director, generated the largest box office in the history of Russian cinema.

In 2009, under the leadership of Konstantin Lvovich, the Moscow Eurovision Song Contest was created, which, according to the Europeans, became the largest in the history of the project. Audience audience has beaten all previous indicators, as "Eurovision-2009" was watched by more than 122 million people.

In 2011, the television screens released another record holder - the film "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive, "co-produced by Ernst. And a year earlier the audience got acquainted with the most controversial project of the director called "School", which was awarded the "TEFI" prize.

A family

It is known that he was twice married to Konstantin Ernst. The personal life of the television figure, although hiding behind seven locks, the press is nevertheless aware of some facts from it. The civil wife of Konstantin Lvovich is now Larisa Sinelshchikova, the head of the television company Red Square, which closely cooperates with Channel One. The couple brings up two children of Larissa from the first marriage - Igor's son and daughter Anastasia.

The first wife of Ernst Konstantin is a theatrical critic Selyuans Anna. In 1995, she gave birth to his daughter Alexander.