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Anatoly Balchev

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Anatoly Balchev
Анатолий Маркович Бальчев
Balchev in 2018
Balchev in 2018
Background information
Born (1946-07-28) 28 July 1946 (age 78)
Occupation(s)Composer, actor, screenwriter and director

Anatoly Balchev (Ukrainian Анатолий Маркович Бальчев, born 28 July 1946) is a Russian composer, actor, screenwriter and director.[1]

Life and work

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Balchev initially worked as a composer, creating pieces for the cinema and theater, as well as songs for Russian pop stars and releasing albums with his own songs. In the self-written piece The Poets' Café he debuted in 1990 as a director.[citation needed]

In the 1990s he was co-producer of the Russian-American project Cops in Russia, the Russian version of the television show COPS by Fox Television. In 1998 he founded the Apollo Film Studio. His intensive study of film-making practiced in Hollywood enabled him to direct the Russian-American movie Passenger from San Francisco. He has written several screenplays waiting to be filmed.[citation needed]

Filmography (selection)

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  • Высоцкий. Неизвестные страницы (Vysotsky, Unknown Pages), 2017
  • Пассажир из Сан-Франциско (Passenger from San Francisco), 2014
  • Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th Birthday[2]

Songs (selection)

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  • Пасхальная (Easter)
  • Хризантемы (chrysanthemums)
  • У зим бывают имена (winter have names)
  • Ялта (Yalta)

References

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  1. ^ Anatoly Balchev. On: www.kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved on 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ Vladimir Vysotsky’s 80th Birthday.
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