Nikita Mikhalkov
- Directing
- October 21, 1945 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Biography
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007). Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
Known for
Filmography
- Queen of France · Producer
- Rise of the Empire · Producer
- The Tale of Fairy Tales · Producer
- Brother Forever · Self
- Nikita · Self
- Nikita Mikhalkov. Method
- Kraken · Producer
- Not Like Dad 2: Granddad · Narrator (Voice)
- The Poet · Producer
- The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I · Producer
- The Bremen Town Musicians · Producer
- The Son · Self
- Георгий Данелия. Любовный марафон · Self
- Tzadik · Producer
- The Film That Went Wrong · Self, Screenstory
- The World Champion · Producer
- Крым Юлиана Семёнова · Self
- Bondarchuk. Battle · Self
- White Whale · Producer
- Couple From The Future · Producer
- Stanislavski: Lust for Life · Self
- Fire · Producer
- Life is a Thrill · Self
- Silver Skates · Producer
- Streltsov · Producer
- T-34 · Producer
- Putin's Witnesses · Self
- The Coach · Producer
- Dovlatov · Thanks
- Three Seconds · Producer
- Plankton Salesmen · Self
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life · Self
- Viking · Producer
- The Artist's Adventures · Self
- The Artist's Adventures · Self
- Legends of Cinema · Self
- Flight Crew · Producer
- The Soul of a Spy · Producer
- Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик · Self
- Sunstroke · Writer, Director
- The Iron Ivan · Producer
- Who Is This Kusturica?
- Legend No. 17 · Producer
- Anna Karenina · Producer
- После школы · cameo
- The Spy · Producer
- Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky · Self
- The Spy · Producer
- Burnt by the Sun 2 · Сергей Петрович Котов - бывший комдив, Director
- Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel · Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov, Director
- Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus · Sergei Petrovich Kotov, Director
- Roadside House · Producer
- The Book of Masters · Producer
- Anna Karenina · Producer
- Projectorparishilton
- Big Difference · Self/Guest
- 1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time · Producer
- 12 · juror #2, Director
- Fat Stupid Rabbit · Nikita Sergeyevich
- The Turkish Gambit · Producer
- Quiet Flows The Don · narrator (Voice)
- It Doesn't Hurt Me · Sergei Sergeyevich
- The State Counsellor · Gleb Georgievich Pozharskiy, General Manager
- Dead Man's Bluff · Сергей Михайлович (Михалыч)
- The State Counsellor · Count Pozharsky, Producer
- The Fall of the Empire · Producer
- Persona non grata · Oleg, Producer
- The Turkish Gambit · Producer
- General Kozhugetych · Director, Producer
- 72 Meters · Producer
- 72 Meters · Producer
- Passion for Russia · Producer
- Mother · Producer, Screenplay
- Father · Director, Producer
- Russians Without Russia · Director, Writer
- Azazel · Producer
- The School for Scandal
- Azazel · Producer
- The Fifth Corner · Producer
- Tender Age · Producer