Festival President NIKITA MIKHALKOV at work
NIKITA MIKHALKOV is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.
Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergei Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three different occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two different sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
- Devochka i veshchi (1967) (short film)
- And I Go Home (1968) (short film)
- A Quiet Day During the End of War (1970) (short film)
- At Home Among Strangers (1974)
- A Slave of Love (1976)
- An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
- Five Evenings (1978)
- A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1979)
- Family Relations (1981)
- Without Witness (1983)
- Dark Eyes (1987)
- Hitch-hiking (1990)
- Close to Eden (1992) (aka Urga)
- Remembering Chekhov (1993)
- Anna: 6 - 18 (1993)
- Burnt by the Sun (1994)
- The Barber of Siberia (1998)
- 12 (2007)
- Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010)
- Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (2011)
- Sunstroke (2014)[16]
