Yuri Mamin

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.

From Forte to Piano...

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

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

original_language: ru

Chameleon

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

original_name: Хамелеон

Observatory

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

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

overview: 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.

original_name: Дом культуры

Fragments

overview: The satirical magazine by director Yuri mamin.

original_name: Осколки

Sancho From the Ranch

overview: 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.

character: Ведущий (нет в титрах)

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

To Remember

character: Narrator

original_name: Чтобы помнили

Russian Horror Stories

job: Creator

overview: The heroes of the series are employees of a very modest St. Petersburg newspaper "Russian Horror Stories", who write about various anomalies and miracles.

department: Crew

original_name: Русские страшилки

job: Director

department: Directing

original_name: Русские страшилки

job: Music

department: Sound

original_name: Русские страшилки

job: Writer

original_name: Русские страшилки

From Forte to Piano...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

job: Producer

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

Observatory

original_name: Обсерватория

original_name: Обсерватория

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

original_name: Дом культуры

original_name: Дом культуры

original_name: Дом культуры

Sancho From the Ranch

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

job: Co-Writer

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

Russian Horror Stories

department: Creator

original_name: Русские страшилки

Observatory

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

original_name: Дом культуры

facebook_id: UrBorMin

Pусский

Юрий Мамин

biography: Юрий Мамин - кинорежиссёр, театральный режиссёр, композитор, сценарист, автор, телеведущий. Заслуженный деятель искусств Российской Федерации (1997). Окончив в 1969 году режиссерский факультет ЛГИТМиК, где занимался в мастерской профессора Народного артиста СССР Л.Макарьева, работал режиссером драмтеатра в городе Великие Луки, затем - в Ленинградском Малом драматическом театре. В 1976-1979 годах - режиссер "Ленконцерта", параллельно работал ассистентом режиссера и вторым режиссером "Ленфильма" на фильмах "Вдовы (1976), "Прыжок с крыши" (1977), "Летняя поездка к морю" (1978), "Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию" (1980), "Порох" (1985). В 1982 году окончил Высшие курсы сценаристов и режиссеров, где учился в мастерской Эльдара Рязанова. Ведет мастер-класс по режиссуре в Гуманитарном университете бизнеса и дизайна Санкт-Петербурга и ездит с мастер-классами по стране и миру. Автор и ведущий просветительско-воспитательной телепрограммы «Дом Культуры» на канале СТО (Россия), где выступал в защиту гражданских прав, в защиту ценностей мировой культуры и в защиту природы и животных, подвергающихся в России произвольному истреблению охотниками и браконьерами, варварскими законами российских чиновников. Юрий Мамин является единственным в России обладателем Золотой трости Чарльза Чаплина. Эту награду ему передала вдова гениального комика Уна Чаплин на кинофестивале в Вивее, где похоронен великий Чаплин.

iso_639_1: ru

iso_3166_1: RU

english_name: Russian

Latviešu

iso_639_1: lv

also_known_as:
Yuri Borisovich Mamin
Юрий Борисович Мамин
Ю. Мамин
Yu. Mamin

title: The Fountain

overview: A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

title: Sideburns

overview: A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town...

title: Window to Paris

overview: Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Eugene Onegin

overview: The pop opera "Eugene Onegin" is an attempt by the authors to "kill two birds with one stone" - A.S. Pushkin and P.I. Tchaikovsky, making their works accessible to the widest audience.

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

overview: A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Wedding Kisses

overview: While the bride is late for the wedding, the guests tell various marriage stories, which confuse the groom.

character: родственник - датчанин / регистратор брака на телешоу

title: The Fountain

character: Сергей Крылов

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Sideburns

title: The Fountain

title: Neptune's Feast

overview: A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

original_title: Праздник Нептуна

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: I Wish You

overview: Boris Petrovich, a modest employee of the registry office, selflessly and creatively in love with his work. All his life he wishes his fellow countrymen health, happiness, good luck on days of celebrations, comforts them in days of sorrow, but remains a kind eccentric for everyone, giving many reasons for jokes and bullying. But three times in a row his evil wishes come true, accidentally dropped from his lips, and Boris Petrovich begins to be feared and respected.

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Imitator

overview: The young man decides to go into business. The main advantage of "novice businessman" is a great ability to mimic other people's voices.

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

overview: A young businessman believes that money and fortune are the most important things in the world. One day he loses all his money and faces the necessity to reconsider and change his life.

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Queue

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Tsarskoye Selo Vernissage

overview: At the end of the summer of 2011, by order of the administration of St. Petersburg and the city of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Yuri Mamin made a short documentary film "Tsarskoye Selo Vernissage", dedicated to the problem of people with disabilities.

original_title: Царскосельский вернисаж

title: Alter Ego

overview: The hero of the film stopped drinking and started a new life, but he is constantly being pursued and pushed by an "inner voice"...

title: Alter Ego

title: NonFountain

title: Eugene Onegin

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: Queue

title: Sailing to Hawaii

original_title: Плывем на Гавайи

title: I Wish You

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Gunpowder

overview: At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: Eugene Onegin

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: I Wish You

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Jump From the Roof

overview: Unable to stand up for himself, a talented scientist Rostislav Lyubeshkin is forced to leave the institute. Ordinary accountant Kosichkin is trying to protect a person he doesn't know in general. Kosichkin is demoted, his wife considers him a squabbler and a loser, and colleagues are gloating over the results of the audit...

original_title: Прыжок с крыши

title: Learning Russian in America

overview: In the summer of 2011, Yuri Mamin gave lectures on directing at the famous Middlebury University of Vermont for students studying Russian. Yuri Mamin showed a film about this wonderful event on the TV STO channel.

original_title: Изучение русского языка в Америке

title: Neptune's Feast

original_title: Праздник Нептуна

title: Or Maybe It's a "lamour"?

overview: "Romeo and Juliet" in kindergarten. Modern history.

original_title: А может это «лямур»?

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Rain in the Ocean

overview: At the beginning of the last century, young Lillian, engineer Carter and policeman Simmons meet on an ocean liner, tracking Carter down to arrest him on murder charges. Suddenly , all three find themselves on lifebuoys in the open ocean...

original_title: Дожди в океане

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Strawberry Time

overview: The hero of the film is a successful young man, in whose life His Majesty Chance intervenes. In just a few days, he loses his job, betrays his mistress, goes to war, not counting such trifles as participation in fights, races, endless hangouts.

original_title: Время земляники

title: Widows

overview: The film tells about two elderly widows who live in the same house. They are united not only by tragedy, but also by common concern, namely the grave of two unknown soldiers, which they have been guarding for over 30 years. And suddenly the managers of their district decide to turn the grave into a memorial.

title: Faratyev's Fantasies

overview: Averbakh's adaptation of a play by Alla Sokolova, Faratyev's Fantasies is the story of a man surrounded by four woman, Faratyev, he is madly in love with on, Aleksandra, compassionately take care of another, her aunt, and is indifferent to the other two, Aleksandra's mother, and her sister, Lyuba. The world of these characters are that of dreams, each one's dream in interconnected to that of other, and each respond differently to it.  Faratyev is a man who dreams, he live in the world of fantasies. Aleksandra and her mother listen to him, but do not take him seriously, his aunt listen to him, believe him, but do not encourage him, only Lyuba understand him, but to him, she is a mere child, he is madly in love with her sister, Aleksandra, she is a realist, she does not love him, but for sake of her own prosperity and that of her mother and sister, she agree to marry him, only to run away with the mysterious Bedhudov...

original_title: Фантазии Фарятьева

title: Summer Trip to the Sea

overview: A story about a group of Arkhangelsk kids during 1942.

original_title: Летняя поездка к морю

title: Sergey Ivanovich Retires

overview: Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his family: he will help his daughter Natalya with the housework, raise his granddaughter, visit his sons who live in different cities... But it turns out that adult children do not need parental care, and Sergei Ivanovich feels uneasy at work...

original_title: Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию

title: The Fountain

title: Sideburns

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Eugene Onegin

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Wedding Kisses

title: The Fountain

character: Сергей Крылов

From Forte to Piano...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

Observatory

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

original_name: Дом культуры

Sancho From the Ranch

character: Ведущий (нет в титрах)

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

To Remember

original_name: Чтобы помнили

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Sideburns

title: The Fountain

title: Neptune's Feast

original_title: Праздник Нептуна

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: I Wish You

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Wedding Kisses

title: Imitator

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: Alter Ego

title: Alter Ego

title: Queue

title: Queue

title: NonFountain

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Sailing to Hawaii

original_title: Плывем на Гавайи

title: Eugene Onegin

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: Tsarskoye Selo Vernissage

original_title: Царскосельский вернисаж

title: Learning Russian in America

original_title: Изучение русского языка в Америке

title: I Wish You

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Or Maybe It's a "lamour"?

original_title: А может это «лямур»?

title: Neptune's Feast

original_title: Праздник Нептуна

title: Don't Think About White Monkeys

original_title: Не думай про белых обезьян

title: I Wish You

original_title: Желаю вам...

title: Eugene Onegin

original_title: Женька Онегин

title: Window to Paris

original_title: Окно в Париж

title: Gunpowder

title: Jump From the Roof

original_title: Прыжок с крыши

title: Rain in the Ocean

original_title: Дожди в океане

title: Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

original_title: С Новым годом, Эльдар Александрович!

title: Strawberry Time

original_title: Время земляники

title: Widows

title: Faratyev's Fantasies

original_title: Фантазии Фарятьева

title: Summer Trip to the Sea

original_title: Летняя поездка к морю

title: Sergey Ivanovich Retires

original_title: Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию

Russian Horror Stories

original_name: Русские страшилки

original_name: Русские страшилки

original_name: Русские страшилки

original_name: Русские страшилки

From Forte to Piano...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

original_name: От форте до пьяно...

Observatory

original_name: Обсерватория

original_name: Обсерватория

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

original_name: Дом культуры

original_name: Дом культуры

original_name: Дом культуры

Sancho From the Ranch

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

original_name: Санчо с ранчо

Russian Horror Stories

original_name: Русские страшилки

Observatory

original_name: Обсерватория

House of Culture

original_name: Дом культуры