Sergey Solovyov. Biography and filmography of the famous director

Sergei Solovyov was born in 1944, on August 25. He is known as a Russian director, actor, screenwriter and producer. It should be noted that his way to glory lay through thorny jungle. About how the famous film director followed his dream, we'll talk in our article.

Childhood of Solovyov

The famous director in the city of Kem was born. Mother Sergey - Kaleria Sergeevna Nifontova - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Father - Alexander D. Solovyov - a soldier.

It is known that in the place called Kem, the family fell after the tragic events that took place. The fact is that Sergei Nikolayevich Nifontov, the grandfather of Solovyov, was arrested in 1936 and sent to Kemsky camp No. 1. As it turned out, his wife - a real "Decembrist." She went without a drop of doubt after her husband, taking with her two daughters - Kaleria and Maria.

Soon the grandfather was released from prison, as no one could find evidence of his guilt. I did not want to move the family again. Everyone decided to stay in Kemi. A few years later, Sergei's grandfather was again taken into custody, and later he passed away.

Sergey's father came to Kem with a state mission. Seeing the young and beautiful Kaleria, the man immediately fell in love. It should be noted that in Leningrad, Alexander Dmitrievich had a family. After a while, he divorced his wife and registered a marriage with Kaleria.

Later they had a little Sergei. At this time the Great Patriotic War was going on, so the family was hard enough. It should be said that Sergei's grandmother held the post of chief of the Kemsky railway department. During the war, she relied on rations, but still could not support the family. In addition, the Germans regularly bombed the city and selected food from local residents.

After a year and a half the family moved to Pyongyang (North Korea), as the father received the post of advisor to Kim Il Sung. In a foreign land the Solovyovs did not live long. The fate returned them to their homeland in Leningrad in 1947. There the boy went to school. It is worth saying that since childhood Sergey has dreamed of becoming a submariner, but fate decreed otherwise.

Youth Solovyov

After the film "Cranes Are Flying" by Sergey Solovyov, whose films were subsequently watched by millions of spectators, decides to seriously engage in directing. After graduating from school, he enters the Institute of Cinematography.

Debut in the cinema

The first role of Sergei Solovyov was played by him in the film "Look at the face". In 1963, the painting was awarded the prize of the Leipzig Film Festival.

In 1968, Sergei Soloviev graduated from the institute and put as a thesis work on the play "The Moon for the stepsons of fate."

First directing work

The very first and serious work of Sergei Solovyov - the screen version of the picture "Egor Bulychev and others" (AM Gorky). The main role was played by Mikhail Ulyanov. And the "Stationmaster" was the first film to be released on large screens.

The most famous were Solovyov's paintings "The Black Rose - the Emblem of Sorrow, the Red Rose - the Emblem of Love", "Assa", "The House under the Starry Sky." At the beginning of the second millennium, Sergei Alexandrovich Soloviev made one of his best films - The Golden Rose.

It should be said that the famous cinematographer released 3 volumes of his memoirs: "The beginning. Then yes, this ... "," Nothing that I smoke ... ", Word for word."

Do not forget that, among other things, Sergei Solovyov (director) was the head of the association "Circle" at the "Mosfilm", Professor of VGIK, Chairman of the IC of Russia from 1994 to 1997, President of the Moscow IFC.

Personal life

Sergei Soloviev (director) was married 3 times. The first - on the actress Catherine Vasilyeva, with whom he met in VGIK. Five years later the couple broke up.

Second marriage Sergei Soloviev concluded with actress Marianna Kushnerova. In marriage, the young had a son - Dmitry Soloviev. He was the main character of the film "Tender Age".

The third wife of Solovyov was actress Tatiana Drubich. The couple met on the set of the picture "One Hundred Days After Childhood". It is worth saying that between them there was a big difference in age - 15 years. The couple at first looked ridiculous: a 28-year-old married man and a 13-year-old young actress caused resentment in others. In addition, the girl's parents were against this relationship, and Sergei's wife did not keep silent - she complained to the party's party committee. But Tatyana and Sergey's love could not resist anything. After a while, the couple got married. In 1984, a daughter named Anya was born to the young. In 2006, she graduated from the Higher School of Theater and Arts Munich in piano. Now the girl lives and works in Moscow.

Unfortunately, in 1989 Tatyana and Sergey divorced.

Let's wish the famous actor, film director, screenwriter and producer success in his future projects!