Pavel Grigoryevich Lyubimov is an outstanding Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. The national fame and wide popularity of Pavel Lyubimov brought his masterpieces “Women”, “School Waltz” and “Running on the Waves”.
Cardinal decision
Pavel Lyubimov was born in Moscow in the first decade of September 1938. From a young age, he was introduced to the cinema, as his mother held the post of editor of the film studio to them. M. Gorky. Paul grew up as a talented, gifted boy, was fond of writing poetry, prose, but never thought about a movie career. Together with a friend, he was preparing to take entrance exams at the Institute of Foreign Languages. As a young man, Lyubimov, like many other young people in the USSR, was a combatant, patrolled the streets with his comrades, and monitored public order. Once, while on duty, a drunk military soldier shot Lyubimov, a childhood friend, just before his eyes.
The tragedy left a significant imprint in the minds of Paul. He dramatically changes his preferences and submits documents to VGIK. At the directing department in the workshop of G. Roshal and Yu. Genika, he reveals his creative potential, comprehending the wisdom of the chosen profession. His thesis entitled “Aunt with Violets” attracted the attention of the international film community, was awarded the prize of the Krakow Film Festival.
The beginning of the creative path
In 1964, the future famous director Pavel Lyubimov got a job at the film studio named after Gorky as a specialist in extras. The debut picture of the beginning director is the film "Women", highly praised by Soviet viewers.
In general, Lyubimov’s handwriting is distinguished by his interest in contemporary problems hidden in everyday life. Moreover, each of his paintings is unique in its moral message and manner of narration. His film "Spring Call", where the main roles were played by A. Fatyushin and I. Kostolevsky, was awarded the silver medal to them. Dovzhenko.
In 1977, the protagonist of the article prepares for the premiere screening of the acute social drama School Waltz, which touches on a problem uncharacteristic of the USSR cinema of this time period. Naturally, the project has a limited rental, but despite this picture was watched by more than 20 million viewers. The youth drama of Pavel Beloved became a real hit of his time.
Timeliness - Eternal Drama
In separate projects, Pavel Lyubimov acted not only as a director, but also as the author of the script. Among these few paintings is the film "The Pathfinder", which is considered the last work in the film industry of the greatest actor of our time Andrei Mironov. The day before the shooting of the final episodes, the artist dies, the company management decides not to re-shoot the tape with another artist. Lyubimov immensely respected Mironov, but as a professional he noted that the plot film lost from this. The image of the protagonist was never revealed to the end.
Paul felt in demand exclusively during the era of the USSR. He almost stopped creating and filming when the dashing 90s arrived. I just could not find myself in a new time, to be rebuilt. Among the latest works of Pavel Lyubimov films: “Goal at the Spassky Gate” and “The Ghost of My House”. For a significant contribution to the development of domestic cinema, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Good memory
Pavel Grigoryevich is also known as a translator from English, whose specialization is literary translations of works by contemporary American and English writers.
Lyubimov died in the 72nd year of life from a serious illness. The terrible diagnosis made by the doctors was implacable - lung cancer.
The director was married to Natalia Lyubimova, a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics. The couple raised two beautiful sons, who had not yet had time to give them grandchildren.
The creative heritage of Pavel Grigoryevich consists of 14 feature films.