Nikita Mikhalkov
Known for: Directing
Born: October 21, 1945
Place of birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007). Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
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Filmography
127 movies · 22 TV shows, newest first
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Queen of France
2027
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Rise of the Empire
2026
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The Tale of Fairy Tales
2026
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Brother Forever
2025
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Nikita
2025
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Nikita Mikhalkov. Method
2025
6.8
Kraken
2025
6.4
Not Like Dad 2: Granddad
2025
5.5
The Poet
2025
7.3
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
2025
5.3
The Bremen Town Musicians
2024
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The Son
2023NR
Георгий Данелия. Любовный марафон
2023
7.3
Tzadik
2023
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The Film That Went Wrong
2022
6.0
The World Champion
2021NR
Крым Юлиана Семёнова
2021
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Bondarchuk. Battle
2021
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White Whale
2021
6.6
Couple From The Future
2021
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Stanislavski: Lust for Life
2021
7.8
Fire
2020
5.0
Life is a Thrill
2020
7.5
Silver Skates
2020
6.1
Streltsov
2020
7.2
T-34
2018
6.3
Putin's Witnesses
2018
6.6
The Coach
2018
5.9
Dovlatov
2018
6.9
Three Seconds
2017
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Plankton Salesmen
2017
5.2
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
4.9
Viking
2016
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The Artist's Adventures
2016
8.2
The Artist's Adventures
2016
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Legends of Cinema
2016
6.9
Flight Crew
2016
4.0
The Soul of a Spy
2015NR
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
2015
4.8
Sunstroke
2014
6.0
The Iron Ivan
2014
6.0
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
6.7
Legend No. 17
2013
1.0
Anna Karenina
2013
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После школы
2012
4.8
The Spy
2012
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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012
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The Spy
2012
1.0
Burnt by the Sun 2
2011
4.2
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
2011
4.7
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
2010
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Roadside House
2010
4.4
The Book of Masters
2009
5.6
Anna Karenina
2009
5.8
Projectorparishilton
2008
7.0
Big Difference
2008
5.0
1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
2007
6.6
12
2007
4.8
Fat Stupid Rabbit
2007
7.0
The Turkish Gambit
2006
4.3
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
5.3
It Doesn't Hurt Me
2006
4.0
The State Counsellor
2005
6.7
Dead Man's Bluff
2005
5.6
The State Counsellor
2005
5.9
The Fall of the Empire
2005
5.4
Persona non grata
2005
6.4
The Turkish Gambit
2005NR
General Kozhugetych
2005
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72 Meters
2004
6.2
72 Meters
2004NR
Passion for Russia
2003
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Father
20036.0
Mother
2003
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Russians Without Russia
2003
4.9
Azazel
2002
5.8
The School for Scandal
2002
6.7
Azazel
2002
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The Fifth Corner
2001
5.5
Tender Age
2000
2.9
Still Waters
2000
7.2
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
20009.0
Belief, Hope and Blood
2000NR
«The Barber of Siberia». How Did We Raise This
2000
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Stop on Demand
20007.0
Stop
1999
7.0
The Barber of Siberia
1998
4.7
Revizorro
1996
4.0
The Russian Idea
1996
10.0
A Sentimental Trip to My Homeland. Music of Russian Painting
1995NR
Requiem of the Great Victory
1995
6.9
Burnt by the Sun
1994
5.2
Anna
1993
7.0
To Remember
1993
8.0
Beautiful Stranger
1993
3.0
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
5.3
Stalin
1992
6.7
Close to Eden
1991
4.1
Auto Stop
1991
6.1
The Russia House
1990
4.7
Humiliated and Insulted
1990
5.2
Aurora Borealis
1990
6.2
The Lonely Hunter
1989
3.9
My Favorite Clown
1987
6.7
Dark Eyes
1987
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One Day of Mosfilm
1985
7.2
Ruthless Romance
1984
10.0
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983
7.2
Without Witness
1983
7.3
Station for Two
1983
6.5
Flights in Dreams and in Reality
1983
7.7
Two Voices
1982
6.7
Traffic Officer
1982
4.0
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
1982
6.1
Kin
1982
7.5
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2
1981
8.0
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1981
7.3
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
1981
7.1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1981
6.3
Oblomov
1980
7.8
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
7.1
Siberiade
1979
6.1
Five Evenings
1979
9.0
Hatred
1978
7.0
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
1977
6.1
Trans-Siberian Express
1977
6.2
A Slave of Love
1976
6.5
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974
5.3
The Station Master
1972
6.0
The Risk
1971
5.5
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
1970
5.9
Sport, Sport, Sport
1970
6.1
The Red Tent
1969
7.0
The Song of Manshuk
1969
5.7
A Nest of Gentry
19697.0
…And I'm Going Home
1968
7.0
The Red and the White
1967
6.3
Not the Most Lucky Day
1967
9.0
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
1967
4.8
A Girl and Things
1967
7.0
A Joke
1966
6.5
Roll Call
1966
7.0
Year as Long as Life
1965
7.2
Walking the Streets of Moscow
1964
7.6
Fuse
1962
5.7
Adventures of Krosh
1961
4.7
Clouds Over Borsk
1961
7.0
The Sun Shines to Everyone
1959NR
The Snow Queen
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