Anatoly Balchev
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Anatoly Balchev Анатолий Маркович Бальчев | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Balchev in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 28 July 1946 |
| Occupations | Composer, actor, screenwriter and director |
Anatoly Balchev (Ukrainian Анатолий Маркович Бальчев, born 28 July 1946) is a Russian composer, actor, screenwriter and director.[1]
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]
In 2026, Russian director and screenwriter Anatoly Balchev presented the documentary-biographical film Vysotsky. Unknown Pages (18+) in Kazan.[2]The film forms part of his ongoing exploration of the life and legacy of Soviet singer, poet, and actor Vladimir Vysotsky.[3]
Filmography (selection)
- Высоцкий. Неизвестные страницы (Vysotsky, Unknown Pages), 2017
- Пассажир из Сан-Франциско (Passenger from San Francisco), 2014
- Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th Birthday[4]
