Mikhalkov Artem Nikitich, actor, producer, screenwriter, born December 8, 1975. Artem's father is the famous film director Nikita Mikhalkov, his mother is Tatyana Mikhalkova (nee Shigaeva), a major public figure, president of the Russian Silhouette charity foundation. The Mikhalkovs' genealogy goes back centuries, the great Russian great-grandfather of Artyom is the great Russian painter Vasily Surikov, and his great-grandfather is Pyotr Konchalovsky, People's Artist of Russia. Uncle Artyom Mikhalkov - famous director and screenwriter Andrei Konchalovsky. Paternal grandfather is the world famous poet, author of the text of the anthem of Russia and the state anthem of the USSR Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, Hero of Socialist Labor. And grandmother Artem has a poet and writer Natalya Petrovna Konchalovskaya.
The heir to the cinema
Artem Mikhalkov, whose biography from the very beginning promised to be interesting, grew up in a star close-knit family. In accordance with the family traditions of the Mikhalkovs, the younger generation was brought up in the spirit of creativity from childhood. Young talents chose the direction of their creative aspirations themselves, but since they had before their eyes examples of successful activities of elders in the field of cinema, young children also tried to find themselves in the cinema in the near future. Artyom Mikhalkov, whose biography, personal life and aspirations of which were always associated with his family, as a three-year-old child, "played" a role in the film "Sibiriada." And the kid, with some kind of childish inner feeling, realized his belonging to cinema.
Studying at VGIK
The next film with the participation of Artem was "Black Eyes" directed by his father, Nikita Mikhalkov. The boy at that time turned 12 years old. Then he met the great Marcello Mastroianni, who participated in the filming of the film. But in general, Artyom’s parents tried to minimize the appearance of a growing son on the set, he studied at the most ordinary Moscow school, after which he went to Italy and continued his education there at an American college. Then the young man returned to Russia and in 1993 entered the VGIK at the faculty of directing. Thus, Artyom Mikhalkov, whose biography, personal life and future profession have already been defined, began to study on the course of Marlena Khutsiev. In the last year of training, Artyom received an offer to play the role of a policeman in the film "Two Moons, Three Suns". The work was static, “creativity in the role was a penny,” but the student Mikhalkov was satisfied, because not every day you have to play with actors such as Vladimir Mashkov and Ada Rogovtseva.
Personal life
Immediately after graduating from VGIK Artyom Mikhalkov, whose biography, personal life and creative beginning were waiting for their development, he shot his first film called "Stop". The footage of the picture was scanty, and the demonstration time was only 11 minutes. Nevertheless, the short film was marked by diplomas of the jury of debut and student works "St. Anna-99" and Kiev IFF "Youth-99". Then the 24-year-old director entered the service of his father, who was shooting the film “The Barber of Siberia” at that time. Artem Mikhalkov, whose personal life was not getting better due to lack of time, began working as an assistant director, and a little later he joined the acting group and played the role of cadet Buturlin in the film. On the set, a young graduate of VGIK gained invaluable experience that could be useful to him in further work. Then at the same time in Artem’s personal life changes finally took shape, he married a girl whom he met while studying at VGIK, when Dasha Trotsenko attended preparatory courses at the institute. She did not begin to act, but the friendship with Artem Mikhalkov ultimately ended in a wedding. Together they lived for about 15 years, in 2003 a daughter Natasha was born. However, a few years later, a disagreement began in the young family, and in 2013 Artem and Daria divorced. The former wife of Artyom Mikhalkov, a journalist by profession, lives alone, has a ten-year-old daughter and has recently filed for child support.
Cinema and television
For 20 years, Artyom starred in more than 20 series and feature films. The roles were diverse: cadet Sazonov in the film "Burnt by the Sun", warrant officer Nechayev in the film "72 meters", the role of a judoka friend in the film "The Way" (filming took place in the Shaolin Monastery), and finally the role of Stas in the film "9 companies" by Fedor Bondarchuk .
In 2003, Artyom Mikhalkov, whose biography, whose personal life and work was now associated with cinema, made a documentary called “Passion for Russia”. Then he took part in the production of the film almanac "Moscow, I love you." Russian television is also in the circle of interests of the young director, he was the host of the television series Legends of Video Salons, NTV channel. In 2010, Artem successfully hosted the InterSet entertainment show on the STS channel, and two years later participated in the Polyglot show on the Culture channel.
Channel One Show
Among other things, Artyom Mikhalkov is engaged in the promotion of advertising projects, directing video ads for the Torpedo football club. He has created a music video for the song “Boys from Our Yard” of the Lube group. And in the past, in 2013, to top it all, Artem took part in the show “Ice Age” on Channel One, where he performed in tandem with Tatyana Navka, a famous skater.