Biography
Yury Kara - Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. In the work on the plot of films give preference to literary primacy. His creative biography began with the screening of Boris Vasilyev's story "Tomorrow was war."All director projects were subjected to strict censorship and passed difficult tests before entering the screen. "Thieves in law", "Master and Margarita", "Star of the Epoch" for a long time waited for premieres.
Works of Kara regularly fall under attack critics and ban on rental. But the quality of each of the next paintings removed is not reduced. The director's films are distinguished by the depth of thought and filled.
Childhood and youth
Yuri Viktorovich Kara - Ukrainian by nationality. He was born on November 12, 1954 in Stalino, which is now called Donetsk. The boy received an education at school number 70, and then moved to physico-mathematical school No. 17. He also visited classes in a music school.
In 1972, Yuri entered the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, choosing the Physics and Chemical Faculty. It is curious that in the presence of creative inclinations, Kara became one of the best students of the university and even received an increased scholarship. In parallel with the study, the young man led the institute vocal-instrumental team.
Yuri received a diploma in 1978 and set up a job in a specialty, an engineer-radiophysicist. Over time, Kara defended his thesis and received a candidate degree. Despite the interest in the exact sciences, he felt that he needed creative development.
In 1982 he entered VGIK and became a student of the course of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. Here he joined the CPSU. In 1987, a student submitted a graduation work on the court. She was the film "Tomorrow was the war" on the work of Boris Vasilyeva. The main roles in the picture were performed by students. Later, the tape acquired to show in 48 countries of the world.
Films
The film "Tomorrow was the war" became a triumph of a novice director. He received the Nika Prize, prizes of film festivals in Germany, Spain, Poland and several awards in the homeland. Many paintings of Kara described modern reality. The second ribbon, which made critics talk about the director, became the "thieves in law", filmed based on the writings of the Fazil Iskander. The author demonstrated the corruption component and the intensity of the criminal situation in the country.
Boris Shcherbakov, Anna Samokhina, Valentin Gaft and others starred in the film. At the Film Festival in Odessa, the project received the "Prize of the Three" K "" for the conjuncture, commerce and kitsch. Critics considered the interpretation of the literary work too free, while the audience expressed her sympathy.
The next achievement of the director was the picture "Pirs Valstasar, or Night with Stalin". The film is removed in the stylistics of the 1930s and tells about Stalin's mode. By affecting the complex theme, the director handed out the tense atmosphere on the screen, reigned in the country against the background of the "Stalin's Peters". This tape was shown in many countries. In the US, it was demonstrated in the American Congress. In parallel with the work in the Big Cinema Kara, he took part in the creation of humorous rollers for the television channel "Yelash", worked in the advertising direction.
The path to the cinema for Yuri Kara has always been complicated and thorny. The director was constantly becoming a member of the debate on the release of his films to hire. Thus, the Russian Space Agency opposed the participation of Vladimir Steklov in the shooting of the tape "Prize - Flying to Cosmos", and the painting "Master and Margarita", shot in 1993 and disappeared at all.
The film for 15 years waited for the premiere on the big screen. The expensive project was pursued by the peripetics associated with the clarification of relations between the creators and copyright holders of the materials. The role of Voland in the film was performed by Valentin Gaft, Mikhail Ulyanov embodied the image of Pontius Pilate, and Sergey Garmash portrayed Ivan the homeless.
In work on cinematic projects Kara prefers literary primacy. Removing the picture "Korolev" in 2007 with Sergey Astakhov in the lead role, the director used the book of the Daughter of the researcher, Natalie Queen.
In 2009, the filmography of the director has replenished the painting "Hamlet. XXI Century". The author suffered the action of the play in modern realities by combining the usual plot canvas with a place of action in the form of Moscow clubs and streets for street massing. The residence of Gamlet was a nightshop called "Rai". In this tape in the form of Ophelia, the daughter of the director of Julia was debuted. The project collected many Debutant actors and was successful.
In 2015, Kara again turned to the biography of the constructor Sergey Queen, removing the film "Main". Based on the exact data on the life of the scientist, the director talked about the development of cosmonautics in the USSR. The work was timed to the 50th anniversary of the exit to open space.
Personal life
Yuri Kara is married and happy in his personal life. His wife is name Irina. Like a spouse, she comes from Donetsk. It was difficult to think about the children in his youth, as Yuri did the first steps in the cinema and constantly running between Moscow and Donetsk. But the family had great importance for him, so with the advent of the daughter of Yulia, his father decided to move to Moscow. Julia graduated from the Moscow State University in the specialty "Journalism".Now the family is often in their homeland. At leisure, the director visits a variety of concerts, as it nourishes special love for music. The director is not attached to social networks and does not publish a photo in "Instagram". Information about his new projects can be obtained from the first mouths from participants or from the press.
Yury Kara now
Today, the director's name is often mentioned in connection with complex political relations between Russia and Ukraine. The authorities of Ukraine regularly prohibit the show and implement on the territory of the country of films and books created and written by Russian authors. Yuri Kara turned out to be among the directors, the attitude to which was negative.
In Russia, merit and contribution of punishes to the development of culture and art, on the contrary, highly appreciate. On March 25, 2019, Yuri Kara turned out to be among the leaders who received departmental awards from the hands of Vladimir Medinsky.
In an interview, the director Tolerantly responds to what is happening in Ukraine and does not provoke controversy. But his position is obvious: the separation between the previously allied states the director considers unnecessary.
Filmography
- 1987 - "Tomorrow was war"
- 1988 - "Thieves in law"
- 1989 - "Pirs of Valstasar, or Night with Stalin"
- 1994 - "Master and Margarita"
- 2001 - "I am a doll"
- 2001 - "Interesting Men"
- 2005 - "Star of the Epoch"
- 2007 - Reporters
- 2007 - "Korolev"
- 2009 - "Hamlet. XXI Century"
- 2015 - "Main"