Ksenia Baskakova: life and work

By the age of thirty, they manage to boast the experience of an actress, director and screenwriter, working together with well-known masters of their craft: V. Galkin, E. Beroev and I. Okhlobystin. Such a person is actress Ksenia Baskakova. She succeeded in many ways, but at the same time managed not to lose her modesty and inner light, which she seeks to illuminate everyone on the other side of the screen.

Biography and filmography of Ksenia Baskakova

work as an actress

Ksenia was born in Moscow on March 27, 1988. The mother of the actress, Irina Baskakova, is a successful producer. After graduating from school, a girl who has absorbed the spirit of cinema since childhood, decides to study at the acting department of the RATI (now GITIS). In the first year, Ksenia feels the ability to stage and write scripts. The future actress decides to show one of them to the famous director A.E. Borodyansky. The master observes a talented, capable student. On the eve of release, in 2008, Ksenia first tries herself in the film of A. Ivanov "The Black Prince".

It is worth noting that the actress became a truly famous after the premiere of the series "I'm flying" on the STS channel. Despite successes in the acting path, Ksenia Baskakova does not forget about her dream and enters VGIK for the profession of screenwriter. Having studied there a little, an ambitious student decides to try herself in directing and changes the faculty. “Dad goodbye” becomes the debut work of the young director Baskakova. This film even won an award at the Asian Film Festival in Indonesia. The jury noted the penetration of the story told to the viewer.

New heights

Ksenia Baskakova’s work “Bird” has become a real comedy melodrama. This picture is a serious application for successful dramatic works in the director's piggy bank. After the release of this tape, critics started talking about Ksenia as a creative person who was not deeply thinking, not afraid of sharp, serious issues. Baskakova later said that she wanted to create something rosy, but the film came out sincere, with a touch of melancholy. However, the main thing is that this work gives people hope, which is so sometimes lacking. The heroes of the film accidentally intersect in a hospital. As a result, meeting such people of different ages and life experiences will fundamentally turn their lives upside down. Working on this picture, Ksenia achieved what she had wanted for so long - to touch the human soul, to make you think, to change something right now.

The magical world in the eyes of the viewer

talented director

Baskakova calls her directorial experience, namely, the creation of the film "Bird", a kind of magical combination of all possible and impossible circumstances. Ksenia had a chance to work with those who so want to learn from: E. Shklyarsky, A. Pantykin, A. Fedechko and, of course, with I. Okhlobystin and G. Sukachev. Touching the mastery of such people, it is simply impossible to set the bar below. Ksenia Baskakova deservedly became a member of the Union of Russian Filmmakers. Professionals celebrate Baskakova’s talent and predict her only new successes in the world of cinema.


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