Roman Fokin is a filmmaker with the Kavenerist syndrome

Fokin Roman Viktorovich - Russian film director, actor of television and cinema, a famous TV presenter was born in 1965. Known to his compatriots as a producer of sitcoms on the STS "Traffic Light" and "Toys", a participant and presenter of the mass entertainment programs of modern Russian television: "Magnificent Seven", KVN, "Once a Week", "Jolly Fellows".

Pioneer childhood

According to Fokin, in his childhood, like most boys in the USSR, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut or test pilot. In the country of the Soviets these were the most prestigious professions. Father instilled a future showman love of good cinema and literature, forming the makings of the creative handwriting of the director. In addition to the fact that the young Roman Fokine read a lot, he was a pioneer activist, visited sports clubs, loved hiking, and spent summer in health camps.

Caveman syndrome

After the successful completion of the school, Roman Fokin enters the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering of the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. Higher educational institution is famous for its strong creative traditions, the institute has its own student theater, film studio. The MISI team in 1961 and 1962 was the champion of the KVN game, directed the revived game Menshikov - ex-captain of the MISI 60's team. From the first year, like many other students, Fokine contracted KVN, he took an active part in writing scripts and staging the performances of the institute team. As Roman Fokin admitted, a new world literally opened for him. At this time, the future director and his team are filmed in the program "Funny Guys".

Starting a solo career

After Roman appeared in several episodes of the humorous show "Merry Fellows" in 1990, he played a philophonist in the episode "On Music" and a loser player in the release titled "Me and Others," he was noticed by the beau monde of show business. Already in 1993, Roman Fokin became one of the leading intellectual-humorous games for teenagers "Magnificent Seven" with S. Belogolovtsev and A. Akopov. After taking part in a humorous television show "Once a week." To improve his skills, Fokin goes to the Higher Courses of filmmakers and screenwriters for Vladimir Motyl, after which he continues to develop a television career. He works as a leading TV show "Star Start", "How many good girls!", "Everything for you" and starts directing. The first directed project by Roman Viktorovich is the television version of the show "The Strongest Man of Russia".

Producer

The longest-running project, in which Roman Fokin appeared in the hypostasis of the director on a par with other domestic directors, is the criminal-detective series "Advocate" (2004-2012). The narrative is dashingly twisted around the personality of the lawyer Alexei Zimin, who, despite the vicissitudes of his work, did not harden his heart, did not become an inveterate cynic, so he takes a direct part in the cause and the future fate of each of his clients. Episodes series, directed by Fokine, are diverse: from serious dramatic to farcical thriller. Separate series are almost an unconventional comedy, ridiculing character types, as well as imperfection of the judiciary as a whole. Among the other notable are the series that Roman Fokin shot, the director who has the experience of playing in KVN.

Then, together with Karen Zakharov and Oleg Smolnikov, Fokin started producing a comedy film "Brothers in different ways". The main characters of the series were the native of Moscow Andrey Ruzhentsev and the distant relative from the village Ivan Zyamzulin who came to him. The basis of the sitcom is various events that occur with young people, based on the difference between rural and metropolitan perception of life and the characteristics of the national mentality of the characters.

Author's projects

In 2007, Roman Fokin, whose films are familiar to the domestic audience, withdraws his first independent project "Resort romance" (spectator rating - 6.40) in the script by Daria Rashchupkina. The main work during the production of the mini-series was made by the director in principle independently. It was included in the selection of actors and the choice of locations, so the viewer has an excellent opportunity to judge about personal tastes and understanding of Fokine's tasks.

The second serious independent project in the filmography of the director should be considered the teledetective "Bluebeard" (film rating - 6.13). Domestic film screenwriters were supportive of the show and called it a typical Russian detective with a great script, sated with clever plexuses, an excellent cast of ensembles and professional direction.

Dramas to ex-kavenshchiku Roman Fokin also succeed in glory, confirmation of this can serve as his dramatic motion picture "Just Come Back!" (Rating - 5.41). The release of the film in the rental was called film publicity a positive trend in the cinematography of the Russian Federation.

Not stopping at the achieved

In the period from 2010 to 2016, the director created six projects, among which the criminal melodrama "Wormwood is the Grass Grass" (5.90), the comedy series "Toys" (4.17), the comedy story about three childhood friends - the "Traffic Light" series (IMDb: 8.20 ), The melodrama "Do not leave me, Love" (5.17), comedy melodrama "Eighties", a new sitcom "The Roof of the World". The plot of his last brainchild Fokin devoted a new topic for the Russian TV - hotel business.