Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov (1927-2015) - Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet, playwright, TV presenter and teacher. People's Artist of the USSR. Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR and the State Prize of the RSFSR them. brothers Vasiliev.
There are many interesting facts in Ryazanov's biography, which we will talk about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Eldar Ryazanov.
Ryazanov's biography
Eldar Ryazanov was born on November 18, 1927 in Samara. He grew up in a family of workers of the Soviet Trade Mission in Tehran, Alexander Semenovich and his wife Sofia Mikhailovna, who was a Jew.
Childhood and youth
The first years of Eldar's life were spent in Tehran, where his parents worked. After that, the family moved to Moscow. In the capital, the head of the family worked as the head of the wine department.
The first tragedy in Ryazanov's biography occurred at the age of 3, when his father and mother decided to divorce. As a result, he stayed with his mother, who remarried engineer Lev Kopp.
It is worth noting that an excellent relationship developed between Eldar and his stepfather. The man loved his stepson and took care of him like his own son.
According to Ryazanov, he practically did not remember his father, who later started a new family. It is curious that in 1938 Alexander Semenovich was sentenced to 17 years, as a result of which his life ended tragically.
Since childhood, Eldar loved to read books. He dreamed of becoming a writer, as well as visiting different countries. Having received a certificate, he sent a letter to the Odessa Naval School, wishing to become a sailor.
However, the young man's dreams were not destined to come true, since the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) began. The family faced many hardships caused by war and famine. In order to somehow feed myself, I had to sell or exchange books for food.
After defeating the Nazis, Eldar Ryazanov entered VGIK, from which he graduated with honors in 1950. An interesting fact is that Sergei Eisenstein himself, who taught at the institute, predicted a great future for the student.
Films
Ryazanov's creative biography began immediately after graduating from VGIK. For about 5 years he worked at the Central Documentary Film Studio.
In 1955, Eldar Alexandrovich got a job at Mosfilm. By that time, he had already managed to shoot 2 films, and also became a co-director of 4 more films. In the same year he was one of the filmmakers of the musical film Spring Voices.
Soon Ryazanov presented the comedy "Carnival Night", which gained incredible popularity in the USSR. The director did not expect such a success, since he did not yet have experience in filming comedy films.
For this work, Eldar Ryazanov has received many awards. At the same time, he helped to reveal talent and make Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov and Igor Ilyinsky incredibly famous.
After that, the man presented a new film "Girl without an Address", which was also enthusiastically received by the Soviet audience.
In the 60s, Ryazanov's films continued to be overwhelmingly popular. Many of them have become classics of Russian cinema. At that time, the master made such films as "The Hussar Ballad", "Beware of the Car" and "Zigzag of Fortune".
In the next decade, Eldar Ryazanov made several more films, which were even more successful. In 1971, The Old Men-Robbers were filmed, where the main roles went to Yuri Nikulin and Evgeny Evstigneev.
In 1975, the premiere of the cult tragicomedy "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" Took place, which today is one of the most popular films of the Soviet era. After 2 years Ryazanov shot another masterpiece - "Office Romance".
Andrey Myagkov, Alisa Freindlikh, Liya Akhedzhakova, Oleg Basilashvili and many other stars participated in the filming of this film. Today, this film, as before, collects millions of people from televisions who enjoy watching it as if for the first time.
Ryazanov's next work was the tragicomedy Garage. The director brought together the most popular artists who skillfully played members of the garage cooperative. He managed to visually show human vices that manifest themselves in people under certain circumstances.
In the 80s, the Soviet audience saw the next films by Ryazanov, among which the most famous were "Cruel Romance", "Station for Two" and "Forgotten Melody for a Flute".
It is curious that the author of most of the lyrics in the director's films was Eldar Aleksandrovich himself.
In 1991, the Promised Heaven was shown. This painting has received many awards. According to the magazine "Soviet Screen" it was recognized as the best film of that year. Also "Heaven" was awarded "Nicky" in the category "Best feature film", and Ryazanov was named the best director.
In the new century, the man presented 6 films, of which the most iconic were "Old Nags" and "Carnival Night - 2, or 50 years later."
In almost all his works, the director played episodic characters, which became his hallmark.
Personal life
Over the years of his personal biography, Eldar Ryazanov was married three times. His first wife was Zoya Fomina, who also worked as a director. In this union, the girl Olga was born, who in the future became a philologist and film critic.
After that, the man married Nina Skuybina, who worked as an editor at Mosfilm. She passed away from a serious and incurable disease.
For the third time, Ryazanov married journalist and actress Emma Abaidullina, with whom he lived until the end of his life. It should be noted that Emma had two sons from a previous marriage - Igor and Oleg.
Death
Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov died on November 30, 2015 at the age of 88. In the last years of his life, his health left much to be desired. In 2010 and 2011, he underwent heart surgery.
After that, the master was hospitalized several times. In 2014, he suffered a heart attack, which presumably led to pulmonary edema. The next year he was urgently taken to the intensive care unit and after 3 days he was discharged home.
However, a month later Ryazanov was gone. The cause of his death was heart failure.
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