Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan (; born March 17, 1957) is a Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2009).

Biography

Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of

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historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich, natives of Belarus. 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

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and at the same time continued to engage in classical wrestling. After graduation, he was admitted to the

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. 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

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, however, according to Astrakhan himself, after the artistic director of the theater learned that Astrakhan was a Jew, they did not give the play. 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.

Filmography

As director (selected)

* '' Get Thee Out'' (1991) * '' You Are My Only Love'' (1993) *' (1995) * '' Everything Will Be Fine!'' (1995) * '' From Hell to Hell'' (1997) * ''Waiting Hall '' (1998) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Contract with Death'' (1998) * ''

Give Me Moonlight Give Me Moonlight () is a 2001 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Dmitry Astrakhan. Plot Popular television journalist Sergei Kupriyanov has recently begun to make his own broadcast. But his success could not fill the void in his family rel ...

'' (2001) * '' Yellow Dwarf'' (2001) * '' Tartaren from Tarascon'' (2003) * ''All Honestly'' (2004) * '' Golden Country'' (2011) * ''Little Children'' (2012) * ''Love Without Rules'' (2016)

As actor (selected)

* '' Everything Will Be Fine!'' (1995) as mathematician * '' From Hell to Hell'' (1997) as JDC employee * '' Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive''Дмитрий Астрахан: «Жаль, что мама не увидела, какой я артист!»
/ref> (2011) as Leonid Fridman * '' Chagall — Malevich'' (2014) as Itzke, Rabbi * ''The End of a Beautiful Epoch'' (2015) as Misha Shablinsky * ''Goznak'' (2015) as fashion designer * ''

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'' as Andrey Mishkin, the lawyer * '' What Men Talk About. Continuation'' (2018) as serving at the funeral

Awards

;1991 *

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (, Transliteration, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to ...

– Ecumenical Jury Award Special Mention ( Get Thee Out) ;1995 * Love is Folly International Film Festival (Bulgaria) – Golden Aphrodite ( Everything Will Be Fine!) ;2012 *

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...

– Discovery of the Year ( Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive) ;2016 * Golden Eagle Award – Best Supporting Actor ( The End of a Beautiful Epoch)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Astrakhan, Dmitriy 1957 births Living people Soviet film directors Russian film directors Male actors from Saint Petersburg Theatre directors from Saint Petersburg Soviet male film actors Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian television presenters Recipients of the Nika Award Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Soviet Jews Jewish Russian actors Honored Workers of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation