Sergey Stanislavovich Govorukhin (russian: link=no, Серге́й Станисла́вович Говору́хин; September 1, 1961 in Kharkiv – October 27, 2011 in Moscow) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and writer.

Biography

Sergey Govorukhin was born on September 1, 1961 in Kharkov in the family of well-known director Stanislav Govorukhin and actress Yunona Kareva.ГОВОРУХИН Станислав Сергеевич
– Диктат.Ру Интервью с Сергеем Говорухиным
// СПИД-инфо. – 2007.''Розанова Лия''
У сына Станислава Говорухина перед смертью родилась внебрачная дочь
// Собеседник, 14 ноября 2012 He spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Kazan. In 1988 he graduated from the scriptwriting faculty of VGIK. He worked as a welder, fitter, builder of the Far North and a superintendent. From 1994 to 2005, as a war correspondent, he took part in the fighting on the territories of Tajikistan, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia. He participated in 20 combat and three special operations. He was awarded several military decorations. In 1994 he started shooting a film about modern warfare in Russia. In February 1995 in Grozny, while returning from the shooting, he was shot by Chechen fighters, which led to the amputation of his leg. His first artistic and journalistic film ''Damned and Forgotten'' in collaboration with Inna Vaneeva. In 1996 he created the Regional public organization of disabled veterans of inter-regional conflicts in Tajikistan and Chechnya. He held the post of chairman of the veterans and the disabled fund armed conflict ''Rokada''. He was a member of the Writers' Union and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Leader of the Film Company ''Epilogue''. He was also a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights. Author collections of prose ''Footy Мainland'', ''No Оone Вut Us...'', ''With me or Without Мe'', ''Transparent Forest Under Luxembourg'', a number of publications in the national press and magazines.

Death

He died on October 27, 2011 at the age of 50 years. The cause of death was a stroke, which after a few days left Govorukhin comatose.Умер режиссер Сергей Говорухин
/ref> He was buried on October 29

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

in Moscow.

Awards

Order of Courage The Order of Courage may refer to: * , a state decoration of the partially recognized republic of Abkhazia * Order of Courage (Iran), a state decoration of Iran * Order of Courage (Russia) The Order of Courage (russian: Орден Мужес ...

(1995) * Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997) * Medal "For Courage" (1998) * Nika Award (1999) – for the best non-fiction film1998 Nika Award
/ref> * Prize of the Guild of Russian filmmakers (2008)

References

External links

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Сайт памяти Сергея Станиславовича Говорухина.

* ttp://www.russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=&e_person_id=207 Сергей Говорухин в Энциклопедии Отечественного кино.
СВОЯ ВЕРТИКАЛЬ СЕРГЕЯ ГОВОРУХИНА. – Газета "Новая Неделя", выпуск от 29 ноября 2013 г.
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