Boris Vyacheslavovich Korchevnikov (born 1982) - Russian journalist, TV presenter, actor, member of the Academy of Russian Television and the Public Chamber of Russia. Since 2017 - General Director and General Producer of the Orthodox TV channel "Spas".
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Korchevnikov, which we will discuss in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Boris Korchevnikov.
Biography of Korchevnikov
Boris Korchevnikov was born on July 20, 1982 in Moscow. His father, Vyacheslav Orlov, headed the Pushkin Theater for over 30 years. Mother, Irina Leonidovna, was an Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation and an assistant to Oleg Efremov at the Moscow Art Theater. Later, the woman served as director of the Moscow Art Theater Museum.
Childhood and youth
As a child, Boris often visited the theater where his mother worked. He attended rehearsals and was also well acquainted with the artists' backstage life. It is worth noting that he grew up without a father, whom he first met at the age of 13.
When Korchevnikov was about 8 years old, he first appeared on the theater stage. After that, he repeatedly participated in children's performances. However, he wanted to become a journalist rather than an actor.
When Boris was 11 years old, he got on the TV show "Tam-Tam News", broadcast on the channel "RTR". Five years later, he began working on the same channel as a TV presenter and journalist for the Tower children's program.
After receiving a certificate in 1998, Korchevnikov immediately entered two educational institutions - the Moscow Art Theater School and Moscow State University, at the department of journalism. Without hesitation, he decided to become a student at Moscow State University.
After graduating from university, Boris successfully passed exams in German and English in Germany and America.
Films and TV projects
During the biography of 1994-2000. Boris Korchevnikov collaborated with the RTR channel, after which he moved to work for NTV. Here he worked as a correspondent for several programs, including "The Namedni" and "The Main Hero".
In 1997, Korchevnikov first appeared in the film "Sailor's Silence", playing a student named David. At the beginning of the new millennium, he took part in the filming of the series "Thief 2", "Another Life" and "Turkish March 3".
However, the real popularity came to Boris after the premiere of the youth television series "Cadets", which was watched by the whole country. In it he got the main role of Ilya Sinitsin. An interesting fact is that at the time of filming, the actor was about 10 years older than his character.
In 2008, Korchevnikov began working on the STS channel. The next year he was the host of the documentary "Concentration Camps. Road to hell". In addition, he hosted the program "I want to believe!" - a total of 87 issues were filmed.
From 2010 to 2011, Boris served as the creative producer of the STS channel. At the same time, together with Sergei Shnurov, he released 20 episodes of the programs "History of Russian Show Business". At this time, the biographies of Korchevnikov played a key role in the TV series "Guys and Paragraph".
At the beginning of 2013, the scandalous investigation film by Boris Korchevnikov “I don’t believe!” Was released on the NTV channel. It described a stakeholder group behind attempts to vilify the Orthodox Church. Many TV workers and bloggers criticized this project for its bias, editing and ignorance of the author.
In 2013, Boris Korchevnikov began to host the TV show "Live" broadcast on the channel "Russia-1". In the program, the participants often quarreled among themselves, throwing unflattering reviews at each other. After 4 years, he decided to leave this project.
In the spring of 2017, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill, Boris was entrusted with the post of general director of the Orthodox channel Spas, which began broadcasting in 2005. It is worth noting that Korchevnikov calls himself a believing Orthodox person. In this regard, he repeatedly participated in a number of programs on spiritual topics.
A few months later, Boris Vyacheslavovich began to conduct the program "The Fate of a Man". Various pop and movie stars, politicians, public and cultural figures became its guests. The presenter tried to find out as many interesting facts as possible from their biographies by asking leading questions.
In 2018, Korchevnikov began to host the program Distant Close, which lasted less than a year.
Personal life
Russian journalists are closely following the artist's personal life. At one time, the media reported that he had an affair with journalist Anna Odegova, but their relationship did not lead to anything.
After that, there were rumors that Korchevnikov had been married to actress Anna-Cecile Sverdlova for 8 years. They did meet, but in 2016 they decided to break up. According to Boris himself, he was never married.
The artist did not hide that it was extremely difficult to endure the break with his beloved. In this regard, he said the following: “It's like tearing off a branch that has already grown. It hurts for life. "
In 2015, the guy made a sensational statement that he had recently undergone a complex operation to remove a benign brain tumor. He added that that period of his life was the hardest in his biography, since he was seriously thinking about death.
The fact is that doctors suspected cancer. After his recovery, fans supported the artist and expressed their admiration for his stamina.
During the subsequent treatment, Korchevnikov recovered noticeably. According to him, this is due to the disruption of hormonal metabolism caused by therapy. Nevertheless, the main thing is that now nothing threatens Boris.
Boris Korchevnikov today
Now Korchevnikov continues to lead the rating project "The Fate of a Man". He is actively involved in raising funds for the restoration of churches in different parts of Russia.
In the summer of 2019, Boris became a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. He has an official page on Instagram, to which over 500,000 people are subscribed. He often uploads photos and videos that are in one way or another related to Orthodoxy.
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