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Fyodor Bondarchuk
Фёдор Бондарчук
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, producer, clipmaker, TV host, creator.
Years active1986–present
Notable workThe 9th Company, Down House, Dark Planet, Stalingrad, Attraction

Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (Russian: Фёдор Сергеевич Бондарчук [ˈfʲɵdər sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ bəndɐrˈtɕuk]; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio.[1][2][3]

Specializes in action, war, and science fiction films. Some of his most notable films include The 9th Company (2005), Dark Planet (2008–2009), Stalingrad (2013) and Attraction (2017).

As an actor, Bondarchuk is best known for starring in 8 ½ $ (1999), Down House (2001), Two Days (2011), The PyraMMMid (2011) and Ghost (2015).

Is a winner of TEFI award in 2003 in nomination “The best host of the entertainment TV-show”.[2] He is a two-time winner of the Golden Eagle Award: as a Best Actor in a movie Two Days by Avdotya Smirnova (2011) and as a Best Actor in the comedy Ghost produced by Alexander Voitinsky (2015).[4][5]

On 15 October 2012 he was appointed as Chairman of Lenfilm's Board of directors.[6][7]

Early life

In his childhood
Filming of Stalingrad by Yuri Ozerov, 1987

Fyodor was born on 9 May 1967 in Moscow, his mother actress Irina Skobtseva and his father director Sergei Bondarchuk.[8]

In 1992 he graduated as a film director from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, in the class of Yuri Ozerov.[8]

Career

Fyodor Bondarchuk during the filming of Heat

His acting debut was with his father in 1986 in the film Boris Godunov (1986). Sergei Bondarchuk was also the director of the movie.

In 1990 started his career as the first Russian producer of music videos. In 1993 he won the Ovation award as the best producer of musical video.

Bondarchuk's breakthrough as an actor came with his dual role in the 1999 cult film

Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot
.

Fyodor Bondarchuk started his career as a film producer in 2002, beginning with the film

Academy Award
, but it was ultimately not nominated.

“This film is about my generation, about the war and friendship. About men's love, feat, treason and loyalty” – Bondarchuk said, – “Probably the truth I was trying to show there will not be pleasant to our generals. But Afghan soldiers who were excited after viewing our film is the best proof for me. That is really important”.[12]

Also Fyodor created Dark Planet (2008). In 2006 Boris Strugatskiy gave him the rights to adapt the fantasy novel Prisoners of Power. The overall time of the shooting took 222 days. Production and distribution of Inhabited Island was realized by Fyodor Bondarchuk's film company Art Pictures Studio. The film earned $30 million and took the third place of the box office of CIS area in 2009. In 2012 Bondarchuk received the Golden Eagle Award for the Best Actor in the film Two Days (2011) by Avdotya Smirnova.[13] At the same year, Fyodor and film producer Alexander Rodnyansky officially announced the beginning of the cooperation with IMAX Filmed Entertainment (also known as IMAX Corporation).

Greg Foster, the president of the company, said:

“Fyodor and Alexander showed me a 15 minute fragment of Stalingrad. And I'm very glad that we did a right choice in choosing a partners”.[14]

As a result, their project Stalingrad was the first Russian film[15] shown in IMAX format. It was released in October 2013.[16]

In 2017 Fedor Bondarchuk directed the science fiction film Attraction. It was a box office success and earned $18 million.[17] Over 4 million viewers watched Attraction in cinema, and it was the leader of online streaming after the digital release. The follow-up of this story, the film Invasion, came out in theaters in January 2020 and grossed over $11.5 million in cinemas (with more than 2 million audience). Fedor Bondarchuk's most recent project is his first TV-series Psycho – a dramatic story about a modern psychotherapist with Konstantin Bogomolov and Elena Lyadova in leading roles. Psycho was released on more.tv streaming service on 5 November. Russian NMG Studio and Renta Videostudio are producing.[18]

Other roles

Bondarchuk is chair of the board of trustees of the

Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science (responsible for the Nika Awards) and a member of the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia (responsible for the Golden Eagle Awards).[8]

Business

Art Pictures Studio

Fyodor is a founder of Art Pictures Studio production company, which he founded in 1991 together with his friends Juhan Saul Gross and Stepan Mikhalkov and reorganized it into the Art Pictures Studio in 2006 with his partner Dmitry Rudovskiy. The main area of the company is film and video production and distribution. The company is working with a variety of projects, ranging from music and advertising videos to feature films.

Musical and advertising videos made by Art Pictures received a lot of Russian and international awards. The company worked with

Heinz, Philips, Sony, Zikr (Colgate total), Pepsi etc. In 2002 Art Pictures moved into film production.[2]

In 2012 Fyodor Bondarchuk produced the screen adaption of

Dukhless. Released in October 2012, it became the most successful Russian fiction film that year.[19] The sequel, Dukhless 2
, was released in 2015.

In 2018 he produced another Minaev adaptation, Selfie, and the box-office hit musical film Ice which grossed $22 million against the budget of $2 million.

Among the most famous Art Picture Studio's film projects are the dilogy Soulles (2012) and Soulles 2 (2015) (both features were based on Sergey Minaev's books of the same name). The first picture of this series became the most successful Russian fiction film in 2012. The sequel Soulles 2 grossed more than $8 million. In 2018 Fedor Bondarchuk produced another Minaev's adaptation Selfie (grossed more than $4 million). In 2018 APS also released a musical film Ice that became a box-office hit and grossed more than $22 million against the budget of $2 million. Its sequel Ice 2 (2020) was released in February and grossed more than $21 million.[20]

One of the latest Studio's projects, sci-fi thriller Sputnik (2020). In Russia the picture was digitally released in April and was viewed more than 1 million times after just one month of streaming.[21] After its release in the USA Sputnik also became Number 1 in American iTunes (the "Horror" category) and made it to the service's top-5 in general.[22] Sputnik's Rotten Tomatoes score is almost 90%, the first Russian project to be rated this highly. APS is also developing its first documentary focusing on a figure of Academy-Award winning director Sergei Bondarchuk. Helming the project are journalists Denis Kataev and Anton Jelnov with Ilya Belov as a director.

Art Pictures Studio also has a subdivision Art Pictures Vision that specializes in TV production. This company's portfolio includes such hits as The Year of Culture (TNT channel), 90's. Funny and loud!, Psychologirls (STS channel). In 2019 other Vision's projects were digitally released on Amazon Prime streaming service: sports drama Junior League (STS), spy thriller Sleepers (TV 1st channel) and a horror story The day after.[23] Among current popular Art Pictures Vision projects are a road-movie type of comedy Let's go!(STS) and sports comedy Lanky Girls (STS). Among new releases are – a detective period piece An Hour before the Dawn (post-production) and story about a Russian moto sport team Kamaz Master – Truck Racer (post-production).

Glavkino

In 2008 Fyodor Bondarchuk together with

Channel One) and Ilya Bachurin founded the large-scale project Glavkino.[24] The project consists of a television and television complex, a hardware complex, a production center, a script laboratory. In 2011 Glavkino and New York Art Academy founded a grant named after Sergei Bondarchuk.[25]

In 2017 Glavkino ownership was transferred from its founders, including Fyodor Bondarchuk, Konstantin Ernst, Ilya Bachurin, Vitaly Golovachev and Nikolai Tsvetkov, to the creditor VTB Bank. Each of the five founders of Glavkino received $1800 each, while VTB repaid the studio's debts, estimated at $52 million.[26]

Kinositi

In 2009 Fyodor Bondarchuk with producer Sergey Selianov initiated the project Kinositi. The main mission of this company is to create network of multimedia educational cinema complexes throughout Russia. In 2012, Kinositi became the official partner of cinema chain Premier Zal.[27]

Restaurant business

Fyodor Bondarchuk is a co-owner of two restaurants in Moscow (together with his friends and partners Stepan Mikhalkov, Arkadiy Novikov and Kirill Gusev).[28]

Television

Fyodor Bondarchuk is a popular television host in Russia. His show about the world of cinema aired weekly on the STS TV channel in Russia. His guests in the studio included Oliver Stone, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Til Schweiger etc.[29] In 2003 he received TEFI as the best TV host of entertainment program, in March 2004 Bondarchuk became a member of Russian Television Academy's fund.[3] At the same year Fyodor started to host the reality show You are a Supermodel.

In 2013 Fyodor started his career as a TV producer with two projects on the STS channel in Russia.

Political positions

In 2005, Bondarchuk joined the United Russia party and became a member of the board of its youth organization, the Young Guard of United Russia.[3]

In 2006–2008, Bondarchuk was a member of the Council for Culture and Arts under Russian President Vladimir Putin.[30] In 2008, he, together with Rudovsky and the VTB banking group, co-founded Glavkino LLC, a company established by the president of Uralsib Nikolai Tsvetkov to manage the construction of a film and television complex in the Moscow Oblast. In the same year, he was mentioned in the press as the owner of a 30% stake in Glavkino. In the spring of 2009, the general director of Channel One Russia, Konstantin Ernst, was also named as one of the possible co-investors in the media project. It was reported that if negotiations on Ernst's entry into the project and Rudovsky's exit from it are successfully completed, the general director of Channel One, Bondarchuk and Tsvetkov's structures will own 49% of the LLC, and VTB will receive the rest. Subsequently, confirmation of information about Ernst's inclusion in the list of Glavkino founders was not published. In June 2009, the media named Tsvetkov, VTB, and Bondarchuk as co-founders of the LLC; the shares were not disclosed, but in November of the same year Bondarchuk noted in an interview: "Together with Konstantin Ernst, we are building the Glavkino studio on Novorizhskoe Highway. The facility should be commissioned in 2011." Already in January 2010, it was announced that VTB withdrew from the founders of Glavkino. At the same time, as the Vedomosti newspaper reported, the state bank intended to continue financing the project, for which it had already allocated $12 million. At the same time, General Director of Glavkino Ilya Bachurin assured journalists that "the state will still remain a co-owner of the project": according to him, "after some time another structure close to the state will become the new shareholder."[3]

From 2007 to 2009, Bondarchuk was a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (as part of the commission on culture).[30]

In November 2009, at the 11th Congress of the United Russia party, Bondarchuk became a member of its Supreme Council.[30] In January 2010, Bondarchuk became the curator of the party project for the construction of digital cinemas in 250 cities. He then assured that no money would be required from the party: it "can only help with information and, perhaps, in some places, with the allocation of a site for construction." In April 2010, the RBK Daily newspaper reported that the project for the construction of cinemas in small towns of Russia, developed by Bondarchuk together with the founder of the Kronverk Cinema chain Eduard Pichugin and producer Sergei Selyanov, would be financed by the Russian government.[3]

In September 2010, it became known that Bondarchuk and Pichugin each bought 15.04% of the shares of AB Finance Bank and joined its board of directors. The purchase, according to Pichugin, cost each of them 150 million rubles. Bondarchuk explained the acquisition of banking assets by the fact that in order to conduct an investment business, it is "more profitable for them to have their own bank."[3]

In 2012, Bondarchuk was a trusted representative of Prime Minister and presidential candidate Putin.[30][31]

In October 2012, Bondarchuk headed the board of directors of the Lenfilm film studio. On 10 November 2012, Putin decided that the state would act as a guarantor of the loan necessary for the reconstruction of Lenfilm. Receiving a loan in the amount of 1.5 billion rubles was provided for in the development concept of Lenfilm, drawn up by Eduard Pichugin and adopted during public hearings.[32]

From 2013 to 2015, Bondarchuk was a member of the public council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[30]

In March 2014, Bondarchuk supported the annexation of Crimea and signed a letter to President Putin in support of the annexation.[33][34][35]

On 20 January 2016, Bondarchuk came out in support of Ramzan Kadyrov with the slogan "#Kadyrov is a patriot of Russia," supporting Kadyrov's call to treat representatives of the non-systemic opposition as "enemies of the people," which caused a public outcry.[36]

During the 2018 presidential elections, Bondarchuk was a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin.[30][37] In May 2018, he was a guest at Putin's fourth inauguration.[38]

In 2018, Bondarchuk was a confidant of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergey Sobyanin.[30][39]

On 20 November 2018, Bondarchuk, in accordance with a Decree of the President of Russia, was included in the new composition of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art.[30][40]

Bondarchuk is a member of the Government Council for the Development of National Cinematography.[30]

Filmography

Fyodor Bondarchuk on the set of the film Inhabited Island
Fyodor Bondarchuk and Sergei Garmash, the shooting of the film Inhabited Island
Fyodor Bondarchuk and Konstantin Kryukov, the shooting of the film Company 9

Actor

Year Title Role
1986 Boris Godunov Feodor II of Russia
1988 Solnechnyi bereg (original title) young soldier
1989
Stalingrad
 Ivan
1989 A Midsummer Night's Dream Fedor
1992 Arbitrator Roman
1992 Demons Fedka Katorzhnyi
1993 Angels of the Death sniper Ivan
1994 Shooting Angels Ivan
1997 Midlife Crisis Vlad
1998 Stop (original title "Ostanovka")
1999 8 ½ $ Fedor/Stepan
2000 Showcase Store manager
2000 Formula of Happiness
2001 Down House count Myshkin
2001 Men's Work (TV) Rebrov
2002 In Motion Gazizov
2002 Cinema about Cimena Nikolay Zhiltsov, film producer
2002 Men's Work 2 (TV) Rebrov
2004 Our Own the chief of Police
2004
My Fair Nanny
 (TV)		 cameo
2004 B-day of the Best Friend
2005 The 9th Company Khokhol
2005 From 180 and Higher Savik Galkin
2005 The State Counsellor Burchinskiy
2005 Dacha for sale Vladimir
2005 Mama, ne goryui 2 (original title) Leva
2005 The Fall of the Empire (TV) General Anton Denikin
2005 Happypeople
2006 9 Months (TV) Kostya
2006 Tri polugratsii (original title, TV) Kurbatov
2006 Open Season (animated film) Boog (Russian dubbing)
2006 Heat film director
2007 Gloss
2007 Sem kabinok (original title) drug dealer
2007 I'm Staying instructor
2007 Kilometer Zero cameo
2007
Artistka
 (original title)		 film director
2007 Tiski (original title) Igor Verner
2007 18-14 graf Tolstoi
2008
Admiral
 Sergei Bondarchuk (pseudo cameo)
2008 Dark Planet Umnik
2008 Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (animated film) Tonny Dennis (Russian dubbing)
2008 Open Season 2 (animated film) Boog (Russian dubbing)
2009 The Best Movie 2 Fedor Bondarchuk (cameo)
2009 Dark Planet: Skirmish Umnik
2010 Moscow, I Love You! suicide
2010 Pro lyubоff (original title) Vladimir Victorovich
2010 Pseudonym for Hero Director
2011 The PyraMMMid Belyavskyi
2011 Lecturer (TV) Vladimir
2011 Svadba po obmenu (original title) Ruslan
2011 Two Days Petr Drozdov
2011 Bezrazlichie (original title) Petya Selyutin
2011 The White Guard (TV) Shpolyanskiy
2012 The Spy Alexey Oktyabrsky
2012 Gold
2012
7 dní hříchů
 Major Uvarov
2012 Tri bogatyrya na dalnikh beregakh (original title, animated film) Kolyvan (dubbing)
2012 After School (TV) cameo
2013
Molodezhka
 (original title, TV)		 Oleg Ivanovich Kalinin
2013 Odnoklassniki.ru: NaCLICKai udachu (original title) Fedor
2014 Chudotvorets (original, TV) Viktor Stavitsky
2014 Gena Beton (original title)
2015 Ghost (Призрак) Yury Gordeyev
2015 The Warrior Andrey Rodin
2015 A Warrior's Tail Elza (voice)
2016 Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi Miran Morozov, the
Father Frost
(Santa Claus)
2017 About Love. For Adults Only
2018 Selfie
2020 Sputnik Colonel Semiradov
2021 Saving Pushkin Bespalov
2022 Land of Legends Grand prince Ivan III Vasilyevich of Russia
2023 Lord of the Wind Fyodor Konyukhov
2024 Guest from the Future Robot Werther

Director

Year Title More
1989 Dream in a Summer Morning short film
1993 Lyublyu (original title) special project
2005 The 9th Company
2006 And Quiet Flows the Don (TV) final editing of a film directed in 1992 by his father
2008 Dark Planet
2009
The Inhabited Island: Skirmish
2012 Nowhere to Hurry
2013 Stalingrad
2017 Attraction
2019
Attraction 2

Producer

Year Title
2002 In Motion
2003 Gololyod (original title)
2003 Kamikadze's Diary
2005 The 9th Company
2006 Heat
2008 Dark Planet
2009
The Inhabited island: Skirmish
2010 The Phobos
2011 Two Days
2011 New Year SMS (TV)
2012 August Eighth
2012 Soulless
2013 Odnoklassniki.ru (original title)
2013 The Best Girl of Caucasus
2013 Yes and Yes
2013 White Lily
2013 Evgeny Onegin
2014 Baba Yaga
2015
Soulless 2
2015
Warrior
2016 The Queen of Spades
2016 The Good Boy
2018 Selfie
2018 Ice

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

Personal life

Fyodor was married for more than 20 years to Svetlana Bondarchuk (née Rudskaya), main editor of

Hello! magazine (Russia). They have 2 children: son Sergey and daughter Varvara.[41] After divorcing from Svetlana, Fyodor became romantically involved with actress Paulina Andreeva.[42] In March 2021, the couple gave birth to their son, Ivan.[43]

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