FILM DIRECTOR

Karen Shakhnazarov

1952 - Today

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Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and Kremlin propagandist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Shakhnazarov has received more than 163,486 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Karen Shakhnazarov is the 800th most popular film director (up from 1,019th in 2019), the 1,427th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,710th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Karen Shakhnazarovs by language

Over the past year Karen Shakhnazarov has had the most page views in the with 319,257 views, followed by English (22,214), and Ukrainian (5,571). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (127.66%), Serbian (122.29%), and Egyptian Arabic (83.51%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karen Shakhnazarov ranks 800 out of 2,041. Before him are Uwe Boll, Ivan Pyryev, Bruno Bozzetto, Arturo Ripstein, George Sidney, and Atom Egoyan. After him are Eldar Shengelaia, Marlen Khutsiev, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Luis Trenker, Russell Mulcahy, and Alain Cavalier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Karen Shakhnazarov ranks 270. Before him are CCH Pounder, Walter Isaacson, Essam Sharaf, Biyouna, Karin Büttner-Janz, and Tony Brise. After him are Randy Crawford, Udo Voigt, Jim Ratcliffe, Gregg Henry, John Lurie, and Jan Raas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karen Shakhnazarov ranks 1,427 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Nikolay Novikov (1744), Yevgeny Morgunov (1927), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), and Vladimir Vasiliev (1940). After him are Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Sergey Botkin (1832), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), Andrej Hoteev (1946), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), and Vadym Meller (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Karen Shakhnazarov ranks 31. Before him are Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Alexei Uchitel (1951), Mark Zakharov (1933), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), and Ivan Pyryev (1901). After him are Vladimir Gardin (1877), Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877), Alexander Rou (1906), Yevgeni Bauer (1865), Esfir Shub (1894), and Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900).

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Filmography

White Tiger
Director
Great Patriotic War, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
May 3o 20125.717 / 10
Zerograd
Director
Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
Oct 1o 19886.702 / 10
Courier
Director
Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Jun 6o 19867.5 / 10