Cinematographer Alexander Borodyansky

Written a lot of interesting books, no less created adaptations. To translate a literary work into a cinematographic language, one should have a special education, experience and, most importantly, talent. In Russia, many talented screenwriters. One of the best - Alexander Borodyansky.

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Little is known about the personal life of such an outstanding cinematographer as Alexander Borodyansky. The biography of the hero of this article began in 1944. The native city is Vorkuta. Compose Alexander began in his early years. Already in the elementary classes he wrote small essays and short stories.

Love for cinema came when the future writer turned thirteen. On the screens then came the military drama "The Cranes Are Flying." Alexander many times watched the great film of Mikhail Kalatozov and realized that making films is what he wants and will do all his life. However, exactly how his profession will be called, he did not have an exact idea: the director or the screenwriter?

After graduation Alexander Borodyansky decided on the choice of the way. All these years he developed his literary abilities, writing small works. So he entered the All-Union Cinematographic Institute on the screening department.

After receiving the diploma Alexander Borodyansky came to Moscow and got a job at Mosfilm. The famous screenwriter is married, has a son and a daughter. He lives in Moscow, on Mosfilmovskaya Street, near his native film studio.

Creative way

Borodyansky Alexander Emmanuilovich created several dozen scenarios. The films made on them, in the majority became the classics of the domestic cinema. He collaborated with many outstanding Soviet and Russian filmmakers. Famous films of one of the best domestic filmmakers Karen Shakhnazarov were shot according to his scenarios.

"Afonya"

Borodyansky Alexander is a screenwriter, who created his first work for cinematography in 1974. The screens later years saw the film of George Danelia. It was seen by millions of people in the country. The film, created under the scenario of Borodyansky, entered the gold fund of Soviet cinema.

Afoni's story is extremely simple. He likes to drink, to dream. However, it differs from colleagues in laziness and disorder. Afonya spends his best years in vain. And he does not even know that the only close person who raised him is already a year in damp earth, and the girl that time appears about time loves him from school. But the film has a happy ending. Afonya changes his views on life, and in the last episode of the film meets with his girlfriend.

This is the summary of the scenario with which Alexander Borodyansky made his debut in the cinema. The films created by his works are simple stories from the life of ordinary people. In Borodyansky's scenarios, sadness and humor are present exactly in the proportion necessary to create an outstanding picture.

"We are from jazz"

Until 1982, Borodyansky wrote six scenarios. Serdy them:

1. "Inspector of the State Automobile Inspection."
2. "Soul".
3. "Look both."

And in 1983 the premiere of the film Shakhnazarov was held, which was recognized as the best musical picture. The film "We are from jazz" is called. The main roles were performed by Alexander Pankratov-Cherny and Igor Sklyar. These names are known to many. Few of the viewers are interested in those who are the authors of the scenarios for the famous films. But it is from the screenwriter that the success of the film largely depends.

Above the script for this film, Borodyansky worked together with Shakhnazarov. In this tandem several bright outstanding paintings were created: "Winter Evening in Gagra", "Courier", "American Daughter".

Borodyansky and Shakhnazarov

"Winter Evening in Gagra" tells about the life of a lonely, forgotten old man all. Alexey Beglov is a tap-dance master. One day an odd young man comes up to him and asks him to teach the step dance. His name is Arkady. And he has no chance to become a professional tap-teller, but Beglov is attached to him. Even when on television, by mistake, the death of Beglov is announced, no one remembers the old artist. Nearby in difficult moments is only Arkady.

"Courier"

A few years after the premiere of the film "Winter Evening in Gagra" Shakhnazarov wrote the story "Courier". The work should be adapted to then film it. Alexander Borodyansky wrote the script. His main task was to create interesting live dialogues. After all, the characters and ideology of the characters of the film "Courier" are revealed precisely because of seemingly insignificant remarks. Borodyansky coped with this task. In 1986, a film appeared on the screens, which became a real event in the national cinema. For this work, the screenwriter was awarded the State Prize.

"Regicide"

A non-typical work for the creative union of Borodyansky and Shakhnazarov was a film that tells of a psychiatric hospital. The drama, the main role played by Oleg Yankovsky, tells the story of the last days of the doctor of the souls of men. Doctors are sent to the provincial hospital, where one of his patients becomes a man convinced that it was he who killed the king. After long conversations to the hero of Jankowski begins to seem that he is the victim of his patient, that is, Nicholas I.

Borodyansky also wrote scripts for the following films:

1. "American daughter."
2. "Voroshilov Sharpshooter".
3. "Oligarch".
4. "Ward №6".