Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai (, born 18 April 1956,

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and producer of Mari descent.

Biography

He is the son of the composer Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai, and the grandson of the composer Yakov Andreyevich Eshpai. He has a wife – actress Yevgeniya Simonova, a daughter – Mariya Eshpai and stepdaughter – actress Zoya Kaidanovskaya (daughter of Yevgeniya Simonova and her first husband – actor Aleksandr Kaidanovsky). He studied at the Moscow State Institute of Culture in 1975-76 graduated from the

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in 1980.

Filmography

* 1983 – '' When Was Played Music of Bakh'' * 1988 – '' The Buffoon'' * 1988 – '' The Jester'' * 1991 – '' Humiliated and Insulted'' * 2001 – '' Flowering Hill Among Bossom Field'' * 2004 – '' Children of the Arbat'' * 2006 – ''

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'' * 2009 – ''

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* 1956 births Living people Film people from Moscow Mari people Soviet film directors Russian film directors Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Honored Workers of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation {{Russia-film-director-stub