It’s not easy to stay among the elite of the modern domestic television and film business. It is important to have serious business acumen, tireless work ability and creative talent. Fortunately, Valentin Opalev has all of the above and a host of other advantages. He is the founder and general producer of the television companies Mostelefilm, Astanatelefilm and Kievtelefilm, as well as a wide audience, is known as a popular actor.
general information
Valentin Olegovich Opalev leads a significant segment of the television and film business, scattered in three states - the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The film industry of each country has its own specifics, differences in the taste preferences of the audience. For example, Kazakhstan’s television orders television films that combine with the original mentality of the republic, while Ukrainian television is mostly satisfied with Russian ones.
Unmistakably owning information and trends in the price and cost of producing series on the CIS television market, Opalev Valentin draws bright prospects for the development of film production in the Russian Federation. At the same time, a fairly popular telecom categorically does not want to participate as an actor in projects of its own production. The showman is a holder of membership in many significant organizations, to one degree or another related to cinema or television, among them: the Academy of Russian Television, the Association of TV and film producers, the Guild of Producers of Russia.
Brief Biographical Facts
Valentin Opalev was born in 1958 in Ukraine, in the Odessa region in the provincial town of Kotovsk, now renamed Podolsk. Acting inclinations were manifested in him from early childhood, therefore it is not surprising that when he entered the Odessa Polytechnic Institute, the young man became an actor in the student theater of miniatures, and later a participant in the TV program "Funny Guys", representing the Odessa team.
In these wonderful student days, Valentin was lucky enough to meet with an amazing performer - Alexander Shirvindt. The famous actor was a member of the jury in the program "Funny Guys" and once decided to teach a acting lesson to its young participants. Then, according to Valentin Opalev, he came to understand that he was not able to reach such a high level of acting, so the young man decided that it was better to be a good engineer than mediocrity in a creative environment. Fate decreed otherwise, although indeed, being an unclaimed actor with a proper education is not the greatest luck and pleasure in life.
Reason for pride
Opalev's biography contains facts that a real man can be proud of. Passing training at the Odessa Polytechnic Institute, he, among other young men, was trained at the military department. After graduation, the future showman served three months at the army training camp, receiving the rank of reserve officer. Valentin began his career in nuclear energy, was among the liquidators of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, earthquakes in Spitak and Leninakan.
In "Mask Show" and "Weevil Show"
And at the dawn of his television creative work, Valentin Opalev, whose photo can now be seen among the team of the famous comic programs “Mask Show” and “Weevil Show,” fell into the profession thanks to a lucky accident. According to the producer, he never wanted to be "on TV." Together with a group of like-minded people, he began work on the production of the humorous program “Show of Weevils” in Kiev, despite the fact that they did not have significant funding. Almost for the symbolic fee, Viktor Andrienko agreed to withdraw , since his traditional workmate, Valery Chiglyaev, during this period was busy filming mattress advertisements.
The group was clamped by time frames. Opalev was running out of time, stipulated in the rights to display the "Mask Show," the novice showman within a month had to replace them with something on the air. It was useless to look for artists who agreed to work without payment, and then the director Viktor Prikhodko suggested that Opalev Valentin try himself as an actor. The experience was successful, Valentine began to work as an actor himself. Combining two positions - a comedian and a producer, he made the project “Dolgonosikov Show”, notorious in Ukraine, one of the most popular programs of that time. One of the most striking images played by Opalev is the role of Dr. Watson, although Inspector Petrenko, Kum and many others can compete with him.
Key Career Milestones
Opalev Valentin began working on television in 1989, was at the origins of the creation of the first cable TV in Soviet Ukraine in the city of Slavutich.
From 1994 to 2000, he was involved in the creation, and after that he headed the television company PRO TV, and at the same time (from 1996 to 97th) was the general director of the Ukrainian channel STB.
From 2000 to 2005, he served as general director of the creative association "Mamadou", which produced the famous sitcoms "Comedy Quartet" and "Full Mamadou."
Since 2006, Opalev became the general producer of Mostelefilm and Kievtelefilm companies.
Privacy Facts
In addition to his favorite work, Opalev eagerly talks about his pets. The producer of the soul does not like the Alabai breed in his dog. He considers spending time with friends on the water as his best vacation, prefers traveling around Europe. As a child, Valentin was fond of numismatics, he had an impressive collection of coins, among which were Mongolian mangs, the first banknotes of the USSR and royal chervonets.
Opalev is proud of his children - daughter Svetlana and son Eugene. Among all his titles, he calls the title “twice grandfather” the most honorable. Svetlana recently graduated from the production department of the Kiev Karpenko-Kary Institute, and Eugene has long been working on the production of series. So the children of Valentine followed in the footsteps of their father.
Almost all the projects that Valentin Opalev had a hand in creating (films, series, programs and shows) regularly appear in the tabloid of the most popular on Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh television channels.