Sergey Govorukhin

Sergey Stanislavovich Govorukhin (Russian: Серге́й Станисла́вович Говору́хин; September 1, 1961, in Kharkiv – October 27, 2011, in Moscow) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and writer.

Sergey Govorukhin
Born(1961-09-01)September 1, 1961
Kharkov, USSR
DiedOctober 27, 2011(2011-10-27) (aged 50)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, screenwriter
Years active1988–2011

Biography

Govorukhin was born on September 1, 1961, in Kharkov in the family of well-known director Stanislav Govorukhin and actress Yunona Kareva.[1][2][3] He spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Kazan. In 1988 he graduated from the scriptwriting faculty of VGIK. He worked as a welder, fitter, builder of the Far North and a superintendent.

From 1994 to 2005, as a war correspondent, he took part in the fighting on the territories of Tajikistan, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia. He participated in 20 combat and three special operations. He was awarded several military decorations.

In 1994 he started shooting a film about modern warfare in Russia. In February 1995 in Grozny, while returning from the shooting, he was shot by Chechen fighters, which led to the amputation of his leg.[4] His first artistic and journalistic film Damned and Forgotten in collaboration with Inna Vaneeva.

In 1996 he created the Regional public organization of disabled veterans of inter-regional conflicts in Tajikistan and Chechnya. He held the post of chairman of the veterans and the disabled fund armed conflict Rokada.

He was a member of the Writers' Union and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Leader of the Film Company Epilogue. He was also a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights.

Author collections of prose Footy Мainland, No Оone Вut Us..., With me or Without Мe, Transparent Forest Under Luxembourg, a number of publications in the national press and magazines.

Death

He died on October 27, 2011, at the age of 50. The cause of death was a stroke, which after a few days left Govorukhin comatose.[5] He was buried on October 29 Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Awards

References
  1. ГОВОРУХИН Станислав Сергеевич – Диктат.Ру
  2. Интервью с Сергеем Говорухиным // СПИД-инфо. – 2007.
  3. Розанова Лия. У сына Станислава Говорухина перед смертью родилась внебрачная дочь // Собеседник, 14 ноября 2012
  4. Сергей Говорухин. Сто сорок лет одиночества // Знамя № 5, 2003
  5. Умер режиссер Сергей Говорухин
  6. Указ Президента Российской Федерации № 1251 от 14 октября 1998
  7. 1998 Nika Award
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