Yuri Mamin

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
May 08, 1946 (79 years old)

Yuri Mamin

Known For

Fragments
0h 10m
TV Show 2010

Fragments

The satirical magazine by director Yuri mamin.

House of Culture
TV Show 2009

House of Culture

In 2009-2012, Yuri Mamin was the author and presenter of the educational TV program "House of Culture" on the STO channel (Russia), where he spoke in defense of civil rights, in defense of the values of world culture and in defense of nature and animals subjected to arbitrary extermination by hunters and poachers in Russia, by the barbaric laws of Russian officials.

Observatory
0h 30m
TV Show 1999

Observatory

Yuri Mamin's weekly author's program (aired in 1999 on the RTR channel).

Chameleon
0h 30m
TV Show 1997

Chameleon

Continuation of the author's program (From Forte to Piano) by director Yuri Mamin and composer Alexey Zalivalov.

Sancho From the Ranch
TV Show 1997

Sancho From the Ranch

The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", curated by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two guises at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen an ordinary Russian family is watching them with excitement – grandmother and grandfather, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be watching themselves.

From Forte to Piano...
0h 30m
TV Show 1995

From Forte to Piano...

The author's musical and humorous program of the film director Yuri Mamin and composer Alexey Zalivalov.

Biography

Yuri Borisovich Mamin (Russian: Юрий Борисович Мамин; born 8 May, 1946; Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, stage director, screenwriter, composer, actor, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia. His Buddhist-themed film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" (2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers. Yuri Mamin is the only person in Russia to have won the Chaplin's Golden Cane award. The award was presented by Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona Chaplin, at the festival marking 100 years since the birth of the great comedian. The festival was held in the Swiss city of Vevey, where Chaplin was buried. Mamin's works are known for a strong emphasis on social justice and criticism of hypocritical social norms. Because of this, he found difficult to find support for his productions in the totalitarian USSR, as well as in today's Russia, where film makers became dependent on corporate oligarchy. His characters often portray an inspired citizen in the fight for social justice against corporate capitalism. Yuri Mamin began his directing career under the communist regime. He was never a communist and was always opposed to the oppressive power of the Communist Party. Because of this, he could not create his films until the beginning of Perestroika in 1985 and Mikhail Gorbachev's arrival to power. His works are popular among alternative socialist groups who criticize both capitalism and the Soviet system. The Gorbachev period ended in 1991 and Yuri Mamin again became a persona non grata for the criminal tycoons who almost immediately took over all the leading positions in Russian cinema and mass media. From the early 1990s, a group of official Russian film critics, controlled by the regime, began a period of notorious denigration of the film director and his art. Against this background, Mamin's films won the love of audiences throughout the nation. Almost all of his films received numerous grand prizes and other awards.

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