Mark Zakharov

Known for DirectingBorn 1933-10-13Died 2019-09-28Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army soldier during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitri Pevtsov. Mark Zakharov has been the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he has helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture.Read more

Movies & web series

Yankovsky

Обыкновенное чудо

Wake Up and Sing

The Very Same Munchhausen

Formula of Love

The Twelve Chairs

Ordinary Miracle

To Kill a Dragon

The White Sun of the Desert

The Train Stops for Two Minutes

The Prisoner of If Castle

The Sannikov Land

The Captivating Star of Happiness

The House That Swift Built

Memorial Prayer

Juno and Avos

Balakirev the Jester

Legends of Cinema

The Heavenly Wanderers

Marriage

Peer Gynt

The Cherry Orchard

Balakirev the Jester

Alexander Abdulov. Romance with Life

Marriage

Mystification

The Barbarian and the Heretic

Mad Day or Figaro Wedding

The Royal Games

All In

The Wise Man

Juno and Avos

The Seagull

Artists in Theatre, Film and Television

Dictatorship of Conscience

Three Girls in Blue

I Have the Honor

The Name of the Earth and the Sun

Lad from Our Town

Spring of the Twenty-Ninth

Пир во время чумы

Hurry to Build a House

Schweik in World War II

Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić

The Plan and the Dummy