Biography
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952; Krasnodar) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998. Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova. His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize. In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
Awards & recognition
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 2018
- Order of Alexander Nevsky · 2018
- Golden Eagle Awards · 2009
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation
- Lenin Komsomol Prize
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- Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
- Nika Award
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Order of Honour
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation
- Prize of the Federal Security Service of Russia
- State Prize of the Russian Federation
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
Filmography12 titles
Zerograd
Road to Berlin
The Star
In the Moscow Slums
White Tiger
American Daughter
Assassin of the Tsar
Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
Vanished Empire
Decision: Liquidation
Dreams
Anna Karenina