The prolific director of documentary films and popular television ratings has now also presented prizes in the field of non-fiction films. Vitaly Mansky became famous for his sincere and bold ribbons. He makes films on the most acute and relevant social topics: whether it is relations between Russia and Ukraine, life in the most closed country in the world (North Korea) or virginity trade.
early years
Vitaliy Vsevolodovich Mansky was born on December 2, 1963 in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Father, Vsevolod Alekseevich, and mother, Victoria Alexandrovna, worked as engineers. The childhood and youth of the famous director passed in this beautiful ancient city, among narrow cobblestone streets and churches, where Polish culture was still absolutely saturated. He studied at high school number 52.
In 2008, Mansky will shoot a documentary about the meeting of his classmates who now live in different countries. The key topic was the question: what is the homeland for people scattered around the world who once lived in a single Soviet Union?
In his school years, Vitaliy became interested in cinema and after graduation he firmly decided to connect his life with him. Having received a certificate, he goes to the Soviet capital to realize his dream. The first time a young guy manages to enter the camera department of the famous VGIK. He began to study in the workshop of A. V. Halperin. He graduated from the institute in 1990, having mastered in the camera workshop of a classic of Soviet cinema documentary Sergey Medynsky.
First work
The debut work of the director Vitaly Mansky was documentary films shot in his student years. The first two tapes “Dogs” and “Boomerang” appeared in 1987. In subsequent years, he released two more films: "Post" and "Culture Park". All these works became actually stages of training. They did not bring the young director neither fame nor fame. Just the next steps in mastery.
In the year of graduation from VGIK, the first picture came out, in which some rudiments of the future master's handwriting can be noted. It is noteworthy that this was the feature film "Jewish Happiness." The future stars of Russian cinema starred in it. Representatives of the old Jewish family and their friends were played by Evgeny Steblov, Galina Mamchistova, Anna Matyukhina and Sergey Russkin.
The last of Marche also decides to reunite with relatives in the promised land. The art tape was rather coolly received by critics and spectators of the country. And the topic was no longer of great relevance. After such a fiasco, Mansky never again made a feature film.
Way to success
In subsequent years, he continued to shoot documentaries that went unnoticed by the general public. The first success came in 1993 with the film Vitaly Mansky "Cutting another war." The director won an award at the Leipzig festival.
In the first half of the 90s, he began to actively collaborate with television. He became the author of several interesting programs, including Family Newsreels, Channel Five, Real Cinema, and Cinematography. Telecasts went on various all-Russian channels. One of the most successful was the project "Real Cinema", which demonstrated the best documentaries of the world. In the same 1995, Mansky was appointed to the post of director of the film screening service, and soon the general producer of the popular REN-TV channel.
Professional recognition
In 1996, the director begins his new project for archiving amateur filming, which was carried out from 1930 to 1990 throughout the Soviet space. Titanic, painstaking work allowed to create a kind of encyclopedia of the country. It consisted of truly unique filming from private archives.
In 1999, Vitaly Vsevolodovich was appointed the head of the Russia Channel’s show and production service. Thanks to his work, viewers saw more than 300 non-fiction paintings. During these years, the director himself shot about 30 documentaries that have received wide acclaim from critics and moviegoers around the world.
Especially popular were the films about modern Soviet and Russian politicians: Gorbachev. After the Empire, Yeltsin. Another Life, and Putin. Leap Year.
One of the best documentary filmmakers
Since 2004, he has been managing the documentary studio Vertov. Real Cinema. Heads the national film awards "Laurel Branch". Since 2007 - the documentary festival "Artdocfest". In 2009, Vitaly Mansky, along with other distinguished directors, became one of the founders of the Union of Cinematographers of the country. Where he received the post of vice chairman.
Films of Vitaly Mansky received more than a hundred Russian and international film awards. The most popular films of the director: "Virginity", "Private chronicles. Monologue", "In the sun." All of them were shown at almost 500 film festivals, including the most prestigious. Among the last significant works is the film "Relatives", which tells about the life of Ukrainian relatives of the director and the origins of the conflict.