Such a diverse, multifaceted Sergei Leonidovich Sholokhov: film critic, director, television producer, presenter.
Sergey Sholokhov telemeter biography
Sergei Leonidovich Sholokhov was born on September 27, 1958. He studied at a boarding school, where he studied including English and Hindi. After school, from the second attempt, I was able to enter the philological faculty of LMI (Leningrad Municipal Institute). His choice was motivated by the fact that “since childhood he loved to read and the world of words is closer to him.”
Having graduated in 1981 as a certified philologist, Sergei Sholokhov did not stop at the achieved education. He continued his postgraduate studies at the Leningrad Municipal Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK), which he completed 5 years later, defending his dissertation on the theme of “Mozart and Salieri” by A. Pushkin in theater, film and television. ”
The first work on TV
In 1987, he made his debut as a junior editor, finished films in the editorial staff of the Leningrad television art broadcast,
"Monitor", "300 meters of hope." After some time, he became the creator of the 5 Wheel program, and then its host.
5 wheel
The program, originally oriented towards the intelligentsia, unexpectedly gained immense popularity. The issue consisted of news groups on history, politics, literature, etc. The first issue took place in April 1988. A variety of political figures were invited to the program, including Boris Yeltsin. An endless stream of broadcast political discussions.
The year 1991 was marked by the opening of many cabinets with secrets: the Leningrad City Council made an exceptional decision at that time, and investigators on especially important cases of the Prosecutor General's Office T. Kh. Gdlyan and N. V. Ivanov began to appear on television screens, covering the results of the investigation of corruption in Central Asia and higher echelons of power of the USSR.
From the literary and artistic broadcasting the taboo was lifted. Viewers were able to enjoy previously banned performances, as well as the works of disgraced authors. In the first issue of the 5 Wheel program, a performance was shown in which Arkady Raikin took part.
"Lenin and the mushrooms"
The most memorable was the release of the 5 Wheel program in 1991, to which Sergey Kuryokhin was invited . Together with Sergei Sholokhov, they built an illusionary logical chain proving to viewers that Lenin is a mushroom. He put forward the assumption that the leader consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms in large quantities until he became one, the authors relied on pseudo-facts and "arguments", citing various sources (up to a reference to the work of Carlos Castaneda).
But since this issue of the program was released in 1991, when old chests with secrets were officially revealed from the TV screens, the audience did not immediately realize that the issue had a regular rally. And if you take into account that "scientific fiction" Sergey Sholokhov and his guest spoke with stone faces, and that such programs were not allowed on Soviet official television earlier, it becomes clear why many believed in what was happening. Then the host and guest, unable to stand it, began to laugh. Since then, the phrase "Lenin the mushroom" has been walking among the people.
“Quiet house” or “Quiet Don” by Sholokhov?
But the final, full fame Sholokhov Sergey Leonidovich acquired after the release of "Quiet House" on May 17, 1991
Quiet House is a program that reviews film culture and dilutes it with elements of journalistic journalism. The guests of the program were top officials from various spheres of life: from cultural and social to political and economic.
For the first five years, the program went on RTR, and in 1998 it "moved" to Channel One.
To date, the format of the program is to cover luxury film festivals held in Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Sergei Sholokhov talks not only about foreign film presentations. So, in 2009, the release of the program was created, dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the domestic "Kinotavr".
After the official end of the award ceremony, “Quiet House” starts on air, which in its releases shows the winners of the main competition. "Diaries of the Festival" tells the story of the most exciting premieres, and also broadcasts interviews with popular directors and actors.
The main representative of Russia at the world's largest film festivals Sergei Sholokhov shares his opinion that "such festivals make new names and write the history of cinema."
The Quiet Home program branched out into two applications, which subsequently took shape in independent projects: Quiet Evening and Quiet Lady.
Golden Feather
Sergei Sholokhov won the Journalist of the Year contest in 1998, where he was awarded the Golden Pen Award.
26-minute life
On April 26, 2015, the short film “Alexey Balabanov: In Search of Happiness”, which was shot by Sergey Sholokhov, was presented and shown. A 26-minute biography contained a story about life imbued with creativity. Excerpts from various interviews, pieces of programs and personal archives: all this, strung on the thread of Balabanov’s life, helps to better describe Alexei as an ironic, kind, straightforward, and most importantly, sincere person. With Alexei Balabanov, a cult director and producer, Sergey worked for almost 20 years. And when Alexei died in 2013, they said different things. “There were rumors,” said Sergei Sholokhov, “ Balabanov was sick. What assumptions have not been built: cancer and hepatitis. And he died of a heart attack. While working on an almost finished new script. ”