Fokin Roman Viktorovich - Russian film director, television and film actor, a famous TV presenter was born in 1965. Known to compatriots as the director of sitcoms on the STS channel “Traffic Light” and “Toys”, a participant and presenter of the entertainment programs of Russian modern television: “The Magnificent Seven”, KVN, “Once a Week”, “Cheerful Guys”.
Pioneer childhood
According to Fokin, in childhood, he, like most boys in the USSR, dreamed of becoming an astronaut or test pilot. In the country of the Soviets, these were the most prestigious professions. Father instilled in the future showman a love of good cinema and literature, having formed the makings of the creative style of the director. Besides the fact that young Roman Fokin read a lot, he was a pioneer activist, attended sports sections, loved hiking, and spent the summer in health camps.
Caveman Syndrome
After successfully graduating from high school, Roman Fokin enters the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering at the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. The higher educational institution is famous for its strong creative traditions, the institute has its own student theater, film studio. The IISS team in 1961 and 1962 was the champion of the KVN game, directed the revived game Menshikov - the ex-captain of the IISS team of the 60s. From the first year, like many other students, Fokin became infected with KVN, he took an active part in writing scripts and staging speeches by the institute's team. As Roman Fokin admitted, a new world literally opened up for him. At this time, the future director and his team starred in the program "Funny Guys."
The start of a solo career
After Roman appeared in several episodes of the comedy show “Funny Guys” in 1990, he played a philophonist in the episode “About Music” and a loser-footballer in an episode called “Me and Others,” the show business elite noticed him. Already in 1993, Roman Fokin became one of the leaders in the intellectual-humorous game for teenagers “Magnificent Seven” with S. Belogolovtsev and A. Akopov. After he takes part in the humorous television show "Once a week." To improve his skills, Fokin goes to the Higher Courses of Directors and Scriptwriters to Vladimir Motyl, after which he continues the development of his television career. He works as the host of the TV show Star Start, “How many good girls!”, “Everything for you” and begins directing. The first directed project of Roman Viktorovich is the television version of the show “The Strongest Man in Russia”.
Producer
The longest-running project, in which Roman Fokin acted as a director on a par with other domestic directors, is the criminal detective series Lawyer (2004-2012). The story is famously twisted around the personality of the lawyer Alexei Zimin, who, despite the vicissitudes of his work, did not harden his heart, did not become an inveterate cynic, therefore he takes a direct part in the case and the further fate of each of his clients. The episodes of the series, directed by Fokin, are diverse: from serious dramatic to farcical thriller. Separate series are presented by almost non-standard comedy, which makes fun of character types, as well as the imperfection of the judicial system as a whole. Among others, the series that were shot by Roman Fokin, a director with experience in the game at KVN, stand out noticeably.
Then, together with Karen Zakharov and Oleg Smolnikov, Fokin began production of the comedy television movie “Brothers in Different Ways”. The protagonists of the series were a native of Moscow Andrei Ruzhentsev and a distant relative from the village Ivan Zyamzyulin who came to him. The basis of the sitcom is various events taking place with young people, based on the difference between the rural and metropolitan perceptions of life and the characteristics of the national mentality of heroes.
Author's projects
In 2007, Roman Fokin, whose films are well known to the domestic audience, takes off his first independent project “Resort Romance” (audience rating - 6.40) according to the script of Daria Rashchupkina. The main work during the production of the mini-series, the director carried out essentially independently. It consisted in the selection of actors and the choice of locations, so the viewer has a great opportunity to judge personal tastes and understanding of Fokine's tasks.
The second serious independent project in the filmography of the director should be considered the television detective "Bluebeard" (film rating - 6.13). Domestic film-makers were supportive of the series and called it a typical Russian detective with an excellent script, rich in clever plexuses, an excellent acting ensemble and professional directing.
The dramas to ex-caveman Roman Fokin are also a success, and his dramatic film “Just Come Back!” Can serve as confirmation of this. (rating - 5.41). The release of the film was called by the cinema community a positive trend in the cinema of the Russian Federation.
Not stopping there
In the period from 2010 to 2016, the director created six projects, including the crime melodrama “Wormwood - Cursed Grass” (5.90), the comedy series “Toys” (4.17), the comedy story about three childhood friends - the series “Traffic Light” (IMDb: 8.20 ), the melodrama "Do not leave me, Love" (5.17), the comedy melodrama "Eighties", the new sitcom "Roof of the World." The plot of his last brainchild Fokin devoted to a new topic for Russian TV - hotel business.