Anatoly Fradis (born September 26, 1948) is an actor, film director,
producer and entrepreneur.Anatoly was born into a film family as a
third-generation filmmaker. His grandfather, Akiva Fradis, was one of
the original founders of the Film Studio in the City of Odessa, on the
Black Sea, in 1919. Then, his father, Adolf Fradis, worked at the same
studio since 1933, as UPM and executive producer of such acclaimed
Russian films as Mysterious Island, Tanker Derbent and The Shooting
Party. After fighting in World War II, Adolf Fradis came back in 1945
to work for the same studio and successfully produced more than 66
films for Odessa Film Studios and, later, Mosfilm Studios, Moscow,
during a long career, which ended by his death in 1982. Anatoly's
mother was a film editor, and his sister, Tatiana, was a sound
designer for Russian Television.In his early childhood, during the
1950s, Anatoly Fradis was a famous child actor, starring in the
acclaimed Russian film White Poodle. He also acted in the Odessa
Russian Theatre. In 1966, his entire family moved to Moscow, where
Anatoly graduated in 1970 from the celebrated Schepkin Drama School
and later from the High Courses of Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
Anatoly Fradis worked as a film director for Mosfilm Studios, Moscow,
the largest and oldest studio in Europe and the USSR, from the time he
was twenty until he departed for the United States in 1979. During his
Mosfilm's years, Mr. Fradis worked as First AD and Director on such
well-known films as Front Behind the Front Lines and Live on Their
Own.
producer and entrepreneur.Anatoly was born into a film family as a
third-generation filmmaker. His grandfather, Akiva Fradis, was one of
the original founders of the Film Studio in the City of Odessa, on the
Black Sea, in 1919. Then, his father, Adolf Fradis, worked at the same
studio since 1933, as UPM and executive producer of such acclaimed
Russian films as Mysterious Island, Tanker Derbent and The Shooting
Party. After fighting in World War II, Adolf Fradis came back in 1945
to work for the same studio and successfully produced more than 66
films for Odessa Film Studios and, later, Mosfilm Studios, Moscow,
during a long career, which ended by his death in 1982. Anatoly's
mother was a film editor, and his sister, Tatiana, was a sound
designer for Russian Television.In his early childhood, during the
1950s, Anatoly Fradis was a famous child actor, starring in the
acclaimed Russian film White Poodle. He also acted in the Odessa
Russian Theatre. In 1966, his entire family moved to Moscow, where
Anatoly graduated in 1970 from the celebrated Schepkin Drama School
and later from the High Courses of Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
Anatoly Fradis worked as a film director for Mosfilm Studios, Moscow,
the largest and oldest studio in Europe and the USSR, from the time he
was twenty until he departed for the United States in 1979. During his
Mosfilm's years, Mr. Fradis worked as First AD and Director on such
well-known films as Front Behind the Front Lines and Live on Their
Own.
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