Aleksandr Artyomovich Adabashyan (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ì Ð½Ð´Ñ€
РртÑ'мович Ð Ð´Ð°Ð±Ð°ÑˆÑŒÑ Ì Ð½; born August 10, 1945, Moscow)
is Soviet and Russian film writer, artist, director and actor. Honored
Artist of the RSFSR (1983). Honored Artist of Russia (2016).Born in
Moscow into a russified Armenian family of Artyom Adabashyan, an
official at the Ministry of Construction Industry, and Valentina
Barkhudarova, a teacher of German language. According to Aleksandr, he
was raised inside the Russian culture, he doesn't speak Armenian
language and he visited Yerevan only twice in his life. In 1962 he
enrolled in the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and
Industry, and in 1964 he went to serve in the army. In three years he
returned and finished the art courses.As a student he got acquainted
with Nikita Mikhalkov and participated in his diploma film A Quite Day
at the End of the War as a decorator. After that he turned into a
regular Mikhalkov's collaborator, taking part in the majority of his
movies as an art director, artist, screenwriter and actor (usually
appearing in episodic roles). He also constantly worked with other
film directors such as Georgiy Daneliya, Andrei Konchalovsky, Sergei
Solovyov and Dunya Smirnova.He directed two movies on his own: Mado,
poste restante (which was nominated for the 1991 César Award as the
best debut work) and Azazel mini-series, the first adaptation of Erast
Fandorin's adventures. In addition, he made a career as a comedy
actor, most famously portraying Barrymore in The Hound of the
Baskervilles Soviet adaptation, also alongside Nikita Mikhalkov (who
played Sir Henry Baskerville). Among his other notable roles is
Timofeev in Five Evenings and Berlioz in The Master and Margarita.
РртÑ'мович Ð Ð´Ð°Ð±Ð°ÑˆÑŒÑ Ì Ð½; born August 10, 1945, Moscow)
is Soviet and Russian film writer, artist, director and actor. Honored
Artist of the RSFSR (1983). Honored Artist of Russia (2016).Born in
Moscow into a russified Armenian family of Artyom Adabashyan, an
official at the Ministry of Construction Industry, and Valentina
Barkhudarova, a teacher of German language. According to Aleksandr, he
was raised inside the Russian culture, he doesn't speak Armenian
language and he visited Yerevan only twice in his life. In 1962 he
enrolled in the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and
Industry, and in 1964 he went to serve in the army. In three years he
returned and finished the art courses.As a student he got acquainted
with Nikita Mikhalkov and participated in his diploma film A Quite Day
at the End of the War as a decorator. After that he turned into a
regular Mikhalkov's collaborator, taking part in the majority of his
movies as an art director, artist, screenwriter and actor (usually
appearing in episodic roles). He also constantly worked with other
film directors such as Georgiy Daneliya, Andrei Konchalovsky, Sergei
Solovyov and Dunya Smirnova.He directed two movies on his own: Mado,
poste restante (which was nominated for the 1991 César Award as the
best debut work) and Azazel mini-series, the first adaptation of Erast
Fandorin's adventures. In addition, he made a career as a comedy
actor, most famously portraying Barrymore in The Hound of the
Baskervilles Soviet adaptation, also alongside Nikita Mikhalkov (who
played Sir Henry Baskerville). Among his other notable roles is
Timofeev in Five Evenings and Berlioz in The Master and Margarita.
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