Andrei Balashov: biography, photo
If you like to laugh, you probably watchedcult humorous programs "Caution, modern!", "Camera! Motor!", "One evening with Dmitry Nagiyev." The director of these and many other rating projects is Andrey Balashov. Details about it will tell our article.
Memories of childhood
The future director was born in Leningrad. His upbringing, due to circumstances, was done by my grandmother and grandfather, educated and intelligent people. That is why Andrei Balashov read and counted from the age of four. In the first class he went with a decent baggage of knowledge.
As Andrew himself remembers, his grandfather did not allow himwalk with friends, until he multiplies in his mind millions of numbers. For the child, this was a dubious pleasure, but Andrei Balashov later estimated the "joke" of his grandfather. These exercises tempered his character and taught the main thing - to overcome difficulties and achieve the goal.
By the way, Balashov studied in the physics and mathematics class and graduated from the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics. Here are such metamorphoses!
The first project
By specialty, Balashov did not. At the institute he always was the ideological inspirer of any events and skits. He was not only an active participant, but also an author of the scripts.
The road to fame began with Andrei Balashov from the radio station "Modern". The creative environment infected him, and after a while he was offered to become a director of the radio program.
At this time, the idea of the radio project "FullSergei Nagoyev and Alla Dovlatova, joined the team later, Sergei Rost's joined the team, and in this form the project existed for a while, gained a lot of admirers and, on a wave of glory, was transferred to television.The first short issues were shown in 1995 at the St. Petersburg regional television.
In a year the series was expanded, each episode lasted 25-30 minutes. Its name has also been changed to the usual "Caution, Art Nouveau!". A total of more than 100 series.
Humorous Projects
Andrei Balashov, whose biography is not knownthe general public, does not worry because the television directors are not in the public eye. He starred in many secondary roles in his projects, but not for the sake of popularity. To everything in life, he comes up with humor, so the role of Balashov is quite specific - homeless, prostitute, alcoholic.
In 2002, the light saw a new series called "Camera! Motor!". The source of inspiration was the shooting process. The viewer could see twelve sketch series on this topic.
Andrey Balashov is a talented andcreative, he became the author of the project "Beware, Zadov," where the main role was still played by Dmitry Nagiyev. It was shot two full seasons. Among the actors there were such cinematography meters as Mikhail Boyarsky, Igor Lifanov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Lyubov Polishchuk and others.
In 2006, released a new comic series fromdirector - "Merry Neighbors". Each series is a narrative about the inhabitants of an ordinary high-rise building, which now and then fall into ridiculous and amusing situations. It can be argued that every person in our country could recognize himself in the heroes of this sitcom.
In 2010, the audience saw the new work of Balashov- pseudo-historical sketch show about Petka and Vasily Ivanovich. As in the famous anecdotes, the characters get into funny troubles and look with humor out.
Other director's works
It would be unfair to call Balashov director of only humorous series, although in this he, of course, succeeded. On the materials of his work, they even taught the installation of VGIK students.
In 2008 he left for a whilehumorous genre and devoted himself to the detective genre, becoming one of the directors of the series "Foundry 4". Filming of a special department to investigate especially important crimes carried away the director. Therefore, in his creative piggy bank, several more works of this kind appeared.
In 2009, the mini-series "Sea Devils. Fate. "In 2011," Narcotraffic "- a series that raises acute social issues.A year later, Andrei Balashov shoots the TV series" Rust "on the activities of the anti-corruption committee.
For the past few years, he has focused on the script writer's activities. According to his works, the series "Shaman", "Plague", "Another person" and the feature film "Inglourious assholes" were shot.
Interesting Facts
1. Andrey Balashov, whose photo is in the article, can not stand suits. The fault is the school uniform.
2. Hates mathematics, however, always had excellent marks on it.
3. At the institute he received a red diploma in engineering.
4. Dismissed from the service in the army, considering such pastime a great stupidity.
5. Adriano Celentano, Boris Berezovsky, Silvio Berlusconi admire them, calling them geniuses in their field of activity.
6. His favorite city is Rome, but St. Petersburg is responding negatively, complaining about the climate and grayness.
7. Claims that Bondiana in plot and intrigue is much steeper than Shakespeare's Hamlet. But do not detract from the merits of this great work.
8. Skeptical of the fashion industry, gloss, brands and trends. Claims that this is all a blatant, hiding the true essence of man.
