| Anatoly BalchevАнатолий Маркович Бальчев | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Balchev in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1946-07-28) 28 July 1946 (age 78) |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, actor, screenwriter and director |
Anatoly Balchev (Ukrainian Анатолий Маркович Бальчев, born 28 July 1946) is a Russian composer, actor, screenwriter and director.
Life and work
Balchev initially worked as a composer, creating pieces for the cinema and theater, as well as songs for Russian pop stars and releasing albums with his own songs. In the self-written piece The Poets' Café he debuted in 1990 as a director.
In the 1990s he was co-producer of the Russian-American project Cops in Russia, the Russian version of the television show COPS by Fox Television. In 1998 he founded the Apollo Film Studio. His intensive study of film-making practiced in Hollywood enabled him to direct the Russian-American movie Passenger from San Francisco. He has written several screenplays waiting to be filmed.
Filmography (selection)
- Высоцкий. Неизвестные страницы (Vysotsky, Unknown Pages), 2017
- Пассажир из Сан-Франциско (Passenger from San Francisco), 2014
- Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th Birthday
Songs (selection)
- Пасхальная (Easter)
- Хризантемы (chrysanthemums)
- У зим бывают имена (winter have names)
- Ялта (Yalta)
References
- Anatoly Balchev. On: www.kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved on 14 October 2018.
- Vladimir Vysotsky’s 80th Birthday.