Nikita Mikhalkov
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Nikita Mikhalkov is the son of the famous communist poet
Sergey Mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics
of the Soviet national anthem and had strong connections to the
Communist Party. Nikita Mikhalkov's mother, Natalya Petrovna
Konchalovskaya, was also a poet and daughter of famous painter Pyotr
Petrovich Konchalovsky and his wife Olga Vasilievna Surikova, and by
her the great granddaughter of another great painter Vasily Surikov.
And then last, but not least, Nikita Mikhalkov is the brother of
Andrei Konchalovsky, also a
distinguished film director who, unlike Nikita, has worked in the USA.
Not only did Mikhalkov direct the Academy Award-winning film "Burnt by the Sun" but he is also well-known as a versatile actor, having appeared in over 40 films, including the role of the Russian Tsar Alexander III in his own "The Barber of Siberia" (1998).
Mikhalkov has an impressively long list of wins at the most prestigious film festivals, like Cannes, Venice, Moscow or Karlovy Vary.
Following his movie's Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film, Nikita Mikhalkov won a parliamentary seat in the then Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's party.
He is always in the spotlight, especially in Moscow, where he resides.
Not only did Mikhalkov direct the Academy Award-winning film "Burnt by the Sun" but he is also well-known as a versatile actor, having appeared in over 40 films, including the role of the Russian Tsar Alexander III in his own "The Barber of Siberia" (1998).
Mikhalkov has an impressively long list of wins at the most prestigious film festivals, like Cannes, Venice, Moscow or Karlovy Vary.
Following his movie's Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film, Nikita Mikhalkov won a parliamentary seat in the then Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's party.
He is always in the spotlight, especially in Moscow, where he resides.
