Mark Zakharov

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Twelve Chairs (1977) — Director
2. The Very Same Munchhausen (1979) — Director
3. Ordinary Miracle (1978) — Director
4. Formula of Love (1984) — Director
5. To Kill a Dragon (1988) — Director
6. The House That Swift Built (1985) — Director
7. Juno and Avos (1983) — Director
8. The Train Stops for Two Minutes (1972) — Director
9. Balakirev the Jester (2001) — Director
10. Memorial Prayer (1993) — Director
11. Wake Up and Sing (1974) — Director
12. Dictatorship of Conscience (1988) — Director
13. Mystification (2005) — Director
14. Schweik in World War II (1969) — Director
15. The Name of the Earth and the Sun (1981) — Director
16. Marriage (2007) — Director
17. Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić (1969) — Director
18. Пир во время чумы (1974) — Director
19. Lad from Our Town (1978) — Director
20. The Barbarian and the Heretic (2005) — Director
21. Three Girls in Blue (1988) — Director
22. All In (2004) — Director
23. The Wise Man (2004) — Director
24. Juno and Avos (2004) — Director
25. Mad Day or Figaro Wedding (2005) — Director
26. The Royal Games (2005) — Director
27. The Seagull (1994) — Director
28. The Cherry Orchard (2011) — Director
29. Balakirev the Jester (2011) — Director
30. Marriage (2012) — Director
31. Peer Gynt (2012) — Director
32. The Heavenly Wanderers (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Yankovsky (2015)
2. Alexander Abdulov. Romance with Life (2009) — Self - Режиссер
3. Artists in Theatre, Film and Television (1988) — Self
4. Legends of Cinema (2016) — Self