Artem Mikhalkov: biography, personal life, creative plans

Mikhalkov Artem Nikitich, actor, producer,screenwriter, was born on December 8, 1975. Father Artem - the famous film director Nikita Mikhalkov, mother - Tatiana Mikhalkova (in the nee Shigaeva), a major public figure, the president of the charity fund "Russian silhouette." The genealogy of the Mikhalkovs goes back centuries, Artem's great-great-grandfather on the female line is the great Russian painter Vasily Surikov, and his great-grandfather is Peter Konchalovsky, People's Artist of Russia. Uncle Artem Mikhalkov - a famous director and screenwriter Andrei Konchalovsky. Father's grandfather is the world-famous poet, author of the text of the anthem of Russia and the national anthem of the USSR, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, Hero of Socialist Labor. And grandmother Artem has a poetess and writer Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya.

Heir to the cinema

Artem Mikhalkov, whose biography from the very beginningbegan to promise to be interesting, grew up in a stellar family. In accordance with the family traditions of the Mikhalkovs, the younger generation was brought up in the spirit of creativity from childhood. The direction of their creative aspirations young talents chose themselves, but because they had before their eyes were examples of successful activities of the elders in the field of motion picture art, the growing children also tried to find themselves in the cinema in the near future. Artem Mikhalkov, biography, personal life and aspirationswho was always associated with the family, being a three-year-old child, "played" a role in the film "Sibiriada." And the kid in some kind of childish inner sense realized his belonging to the cinema.

Study in VGIK

The next film with the participation of Artem was "The Eyesblack "in the production of his father, Nikita Mikhalkov.The boy at that time turned 12. Then, his acquaintance with the great Marcello Mastroianni took part in the shooting of the film, but in general the parents of Artem tried to minimize the appearance of the growing son on the set, he studied at the most ordinary Moscow school, after which he went to Italy and continued his education there in the American college, then the young man returned to Russia and in 1993 entered the VGIK at the Directing Department.Thus, Artem Mikhalko , biography, personal life and future profession of which had already been defined, began to study in the course of Marlen Khutsiev.On the last year of training, Artem was offered to play the role of policeman in the movie "Two Moons, Three Suns." The work was static, "the creativity in the role was not a penny ", but the student Mikhalkov was pleased, because not every day have to play with actors such as Vladimir Mashkov and Ada Rogovtseva.

Personal life

Immediately after the graduation from VGIK Artem Mikhalkov,biography, personal life and the creative beginning of which were waiting for their development, shot his first film called "Stop." The scale of the picture was scanty, and the demonstration time was only 11 minutes. Nevertheless, the short film was awarded with diplomas of the jury of debut and student works "Saint Anna-99" and the Kiev IFF "Molodist-99". Then the 24-year-old director went to work for his father, who at that time was shooting the film "The Barber of Siberia." Artem Mikhalkov, whose personal life did not improve because of lack of time, began to work as an assistant director, and a little later entered the acting group and played the role of Junker Buturlin in the film. On the set, a young graduate of VGIK was gaining invaluable experience, which could be useful to him in his future work. At the same time, Artyom's personal life finally changed, he married a girl whom he had met while studying at VGIK, when Dasha Trotsenko attended preparatory courses at the institute. She did not become, but friendship with Artem Mikhalkov ended up with a wedding. Together they lived about 15 years, in 2003 Natasha's daughter was born. However, a few years later, a disagreement began in the young family, and in 2013 Artem and Daria divorced. Former wife of Artem Mikhalkov, a journalist by profession, lives alone, brings up a ten-year-old daughter and recently filed for alimony.

Film and TV

For 20 years Artem has appeared in more than 20 serialsand full-length films. The roles were different: the cadet Sazonov in the picture Burnt by the Sun, the midshipman Nechaev in the film 72 meters, the role of the judo friend in the painting The Way (the shooting took place in the Shaolin monastery), and finally the role of Stas in the film 9 Company of Fyodor Bondarchuk .

In 2003, Artem Mikhalkov, biography, personallife and creativity of which from now on were connected with the cinema, made a documentary film called "Passions for Russia". Then he took part in the production of the cinema almanac "Moscow, I love you". Russian television is also among the interests of the young director, he was the host of the television series "Legends of Video Salons," the NTV channel. In 2010, Artem successfully appeared as the leading entertaining show "InterSet" on the channel STS, and two years later participated in the show "Polyglot" on the channel "Culture".

Show on the First Channel

Among other things, Artem Mikhalkov is engaged inpromotion of advertising projects, directs video advertising of the football club "Torpedo". In his active creation of a music video for the song "Guys from Our Yard" group "Lube". And in the past, in 2013, on top of everything, Artem took part in the show "Ice Age" on Channel One, where he appeared in tandem with Tatyana Navka, a famous figure skater.