Screenwriter and director Zakharov Mark Anatolyevich was born in the family of a teacher and a military man on October 13, 1933 in Moscow. His grandfather worked as a journalist. A frequent guest in their house was Gilyarovsky. It is believed that the nationality of Mark Zakharov is a Jew. The director’s mother was once an actress. However, after the arrest, her husband was forced to leave the theater in order to support her family. She worked as a teacher in children's drama circles. Biography of Mark Zakharov speaks of the fact that for many years he was under the care of grandmother Sofia Bardina.
YouthThe young years of the actor passed on Krasnaya Presnya. He first met the theater at the age of seven. Parents brought him to a performance at the Moscow Art Theater. Biography of Mark Zakharov tells that, as a teenager, he attended many drama circles.
When the time came to enter the university, the future director already knew which field to choose. But his mother was against the fact that his son went to the theater. She really wanted him to become an engineer, but fate decreed otherwise. First, Mark tried to enter the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts. Kuibyshev, however, did not score the required number of points. Therefore, he was offered not too prestigious faculty. So he ended up at GITIS. The biography of Mark Zakharov suggests that A.M. Lobanov (artistic director of the Yermolova Theater) is one of the teachers. Classmates of the future screenwriter and director were Valery Beskov, Lucien Ovchinnikov, Yuri Gorobets.
Career
While still a student, Zakharov began to play different roles in the student theater. In 1955, according to distribution, he was sent to the Perm Drama Theater. In 1959, Mark returned to Moscow and began working in the theater. Gogol. In 1964, he became an actor in the student theater of Moscow State University of variety miniatures. In the same year, Zakharov, along with the director Yutkevich, staged a performance that was very successful. In fact, the Moscow State University Theater became a springboard for Zakharov to a successful directorial career.
Soon, Mark Zakharov staged his performance at the Moscow Satire Theater, which also became successful. However, after some time it was banned by censorship, despite its very great popularity, for ideological reasons. In 1973, Zakharov became the head of the Lenkom Theater. Many wonderful performances have appeared here. For example, the opera "Star and Death of Joaquin Muretta" and others. Soon Zakharov together with composer A. Rybnikov staged the famous rock opera "Juno and Avos" based on the texts of the poet Voznesensky. Moreover, the main roles in it were played by the stars of cinema and theater (Elena Shanina,
Nikolai Karachentsov, Alexander Abdulov). The performance was such a resounding success that it still remains in Lenkom’s constant repertoire. The further career of the director went on increasing. Biography of Mark Zakharov contains information about many successful projects and performances.
Personal life
As a student, Mark Zakharov met the love of his life - actress Nina Lapshin - and married her. Soon, their daughter Alexander was born. She followed the path of her parents, and is now a pretty famous actress.