Mark Zakharov

Mark Zakharov
Марк Захаров
Zakharov in 2014
Born
Mark Anatolyevich Shirinkin[1]

(1933-10-13)13 October 1933
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died28 September 2019(2019-09-28) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
NationalitySoviet Union Soviet Union (1933–1991)
Russia Russia
(1991–2019)
CitizenshipRussia
Alma materRussian Institute of Theatre Arts
Occupation(s)theatre director, film director
Years active1955—2019
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1991)
SpouseNina Lapshinova
Awards

Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (Russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019[2]) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.[3]

Zakharov served as the artistic director at the Lenkom Theatre from 1973 till his death. He gathered a "dream team" of actors and reestablished Lenkom as one of the leading Soviet theatres.[4]

  1. ^ Григорий Горин (1997). Прощай, конферансье! (in Russian). Стоок. pp. 436–437. ISBN 5-89549-010-7.
  2. ^ "Умер художественный руководитель Ленкома Марк Захаров". Meduza (in Russian). 2019-09-28. Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  3. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 749–750. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  4. ^ Director Mark Zakharov, Dead at 85 at The Moscow Times, 30 September 2019