Stanislav Solovkin

Stanislav Solovkin was born on January 10, 1977, in Moscow.^[10][11][12]

When he was 17 years old he got a job on the program News for the Young (ORT), where he first worked as a journalist, and then story-producer and director.^[10][12]

In 1996 he matriculated in the Moscow University Faculty of Journalism, from which he graduated in 2002.^[10][12]

From 1996 to 1997 he was a correspondent for the weekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta.^[10][13]

In 1997 Solovkin began working for the television company VID,^{[10][14][15][13]} where over the years he was an author, screenwriter, editor, producer and director of programs such as Vzglyad, Wait for me, Make a step, Another Life, The Way That Happened^[12] and many others. At that same time, he was author and director of the documentary Slave Market,^[15][2][16] which was a TEFI finalist. The film received a critical acclaim.^[17] Solovkin headed a TV group filming the events of the Second Chechen War.^[15][4]

In the early 2000s Solovkin moved to Israel, where he worked at the Russian-language channel "Israel+".^[10] He later served as deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Colour TV, and became the production manager and later co-executive producer of the show Last Hero, a Russian version of world-famous “Survivor” franchise.^[16][18]

Since 2004 he has headed a number of TV companies producing programs for the Russian television.^[19] As an executive producer he participated in the creation of House of Romanov, Love and Death , The Romanovs: the Last Day , Mysteries of Stalin – a Version of a Biography (program-finalist in the TEFI National Competition) and other TV shows.^[6] He also produced the comedy shows Comedy on Channel One, Funny People, Umora,^[20][21] Funny Pictures, the reality shows Wipe Out and Tower.^[22]

Since 2008 he has collaborated with the CBS TV network (US), for which he facilitated 9 series of the program Amazing Race.^[7] The program won several Emmy awards.^[8]

In 2014, together with prominent producer Vladimir Kartashkov he founded the television and film production company Soar Productions.^{[1][23][24][25][26]}

In 2015 Solovkin facilitated of an episode of the program Top Gear in St. Petersburg.^[7]

in 2019 Stanislav Solovkin opened the first Russian TV company in Cuba.^[27]

• VID (company)