Karen Shakhnazarov
Directing
Born July 8, 1952
From Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Also known as Karen George Shakhnazaroff, Karen Shakhnazaroff, Karen Schachnazarov
Biography
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952; Krasnodar) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998. Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, ...
