Dmitry Astrakhan Explained

Dmitry Astrakhan
Birth Name:Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan
Birth Date:17 March 1957
Birth Place:Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Citizenship:Russian Federation
Occupation:film director, actor
Spouse:Elena Astrakhan

Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan (Russian: link=no|Дмитрий Хананович Астрахан; born March 17, 1957[1] [2]) is a Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2009).[3]

Biography

Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of Leningrad historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich, natives of Belarus.[4] He was the youngest, the fifth child in the family. At school I was fond of reading, math and sports. After the end of the eighth grade, he entered the Physics and Mathematics School No. 30 on Vasilievsky Island and at the same time continued to engage in classical wrestling. After graduation, he was admitted to the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University. For several years, Dmitry replaced several institutions, until he was admitted to the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography, to the Musil class (graduated in 1982). As a thesis work was to stage a performance in the Alexandrinsky Theatre, however, according to Astrakhan himself, after the artistic director of the theater learned that Astrakhan was a Jew, they did not give the play.[5]

From 1981 to 1987 he was the director of the Sverdlovsk theater of the young spectator. Then he served in the army (naval aviation). He staged performances in various theaters of Russia and abroad, trained at Tovstonogov in Leningrad.

From 1991 to 1995, he directed the Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre.

In 2017 he became a member of the jury of 3rd Moscow Jewish Film Festival.[6]

Filmography

As director (selected)

As actor (selected)

Awards

1991
1995
2012
2016

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/director/ros/6633/bio/ Dmitry Astrakhan at kino-teatr.ru
  2. https://www.film.ru/person/dmitriy-astrahan Dmitry Astrakhan at film.ru
  3. Web site: Награждён указом президента РФ Дмитрия Анатольевича Медведева от 6 февраля 2009 года . May 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510151012/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=50699&PSC=1&PT=3&Page=5 . May 10, 2013 . dead .
  4. Web site: Дмитрий Астрахан: Самое привлекательное в сегодняшнем Голливуде — зарплата . May 3, 2018 . September 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915180328/http://news.tut.by/culture/147338.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Дмитрий Астрахан: Легко – о серьезном. lechaim.ru. 23 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Жюри 3- го Московского Еврейского Кинофестиваля возглавит Павел Лунгин. МК Израиль . May 3, 2018 . September 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917184248/https://mkisrael.co.il/articles/2017/06/12/zhyuri-3-go-moskovskogo-evreyskogo-kinofestivalya-vozglavit-pavel-lungin.html . dead .
  7. http://thr.ru/cinema/polnyj-spisok-laureatov-premii-zolotoj-orel/ Полный список лауреатов премии «Золотой орёл»
  8. http://vm.ru/news/2014/03/16/dmitrij-astrahan-zhal-chto-mama-ne-uvidela-kakoj-ya-artist-239843.html Дмитрий Астрахан: «Жаль, что мама не увидела, какой я артист!»