Director, actor, screenwriter Mikhail Shevchuk - a man of art

Russian director Mikhail Shevchuk, who tried his hand at the hypostasis of an actor and screenwriter, was born in early February 1968. In youthful years the future domestic visionary was fond of sports, has a master of sports in pentathlon. After graduating from high school, Mikhail continues to receive education in the VTU them. Shchepkina, the course of Shevchuk is led by VA Safronov. Inspired by the mentor, the young man later enters VGIK.

Between actor and director

Mikhail Shevchuk began his creative career with acting. His debut role was the second character Johnny in the mini-series "Hearts of Three" directed by Vladimir Popkov. Since the project was quite successful (IMDb: 7.40), most of the actors from the original TV movie, Shevchuk among them, agreed to participate in its continuation of the "Heart of Three-Two."

After filming in the series, Mikhail Shevchuk left the big cinema and TV, giving preference to the stage of the Maly Theater. There, as an actor, he worked a significant period (from 1993 to 1997). In 1998, the historical and melodramatic kinoroman "The Siberian Barber" was released, in which the future filmmaker plays the role of a cadet.

Later, Mikhail worked at the Shchepkin Theater Institute as a teacher of the department specializing in the plastic education of the actor. Only in 2005, he made his debut as a stage director, in the Russian Youth Theater Shevchuk classics - the play "Romeo and Juliet" by the greatest genius of literary works Shakespeare. Since 2005, Mikhail Shevchuk is engaged in film directing.

Director

In the period from 2005 to 2015, the prospective debutant removes several serials:

• A magnificent adventure TV movie about the mores of the 19th century "Satisfaction" (2005);
• Adventure thriller-series "The Main Caliber" (2006);
• Original military television movie "The Chronicle of Hell" (2006);
• A serial-action movie "Panther" (2007);
• Telefilms-melodramas "Hatred" (2008) and "Special Corps of the Investigation Department" (2009);

• Direct continuation of the first two parts of the film "On the Game" and the mini-series "Gamers" (2012);
• The adaptation of John Galsworthy 's novel "The Big Dream" (2012).

Based on the classics of the genre

In 2015, Mikhail Shevchuk - director, who practiced on multi-series projects, shoots the comedy "Escape, catch up, fall in love" based on the legendary comedy "The Caucasian Captive" by the canonical director with the world name Gaidai. According to Shevchuk, he presented to the viewer a completely different story with all the components of the genre. Michael's brainchild is neither a remake nor a sequel to Gaidai's immortal comedy.

In 2016, the director shoots a musical melodrama about the love passions raging around the filming of the dance film of the Italian director under the eloquent title "Dance with me." The main choreographer of the tape is the famous British choreographer Paul Domain. And for locations Shevchuk used not only Moscow streets, but also the amazing places of the capital of Bulgaria in the city of Sofia. The brainchild of Michael somewhat echoes the work of Anne Fletcher "Step forward", which is only the slogan: "Step forward towards love."