Alexey Agranovich

Alexey Mikhailovich Agranovich (born October 23, 1970, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian actor, director, producer, artistic director of the Gogol Center (2021-2022).
==Early life and education==
Alexey Agranovich was born on 23 October 1970 in Moscow, to Mikhail Agranovich, a director of photography, and Emilia Kulik, a actress.
In 1987 he graduated from school No.45 (school named after Leonid Milgram). After leaving school, he worked at the film studio Mosfilm, at the same time (1987-1988) he studied at the theater-studio Presence (direction - O. Fershtein). In 1988-1990 he worked in the Russian Army Theatre|Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army.
In 1990, he enrolled in an acting and directing course of Sergei Solovyov (film director)|Sergei Solovyov and Valery Rubinchik at the VGIK as a non-matriculating student, in 1991-1994 he was studying at the acting course of Albert Filozov and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
==Career==
While studying at VGIK, he participated in the organization of the International Student Film Festival. His first independent project was a joint concert of DDT and Kalinov Most at the Theater of the Soviet Army on October 28, 1994.
In 1994–1995, he was a representative of the DDT group in Moscow and advertising producer of the Paganel company.
Since 1995, he has been acting in theater and cinema, directing films, theatrical performances, festivals and special events.
In 1996, he created a production company Ball Lightning (together with an animation studio Shar), that was operating in the segment of special events.
In 2003, he worked as one of the presenters of the Football of Russia hosts (on the TV channels Russia and Sport). In 2006 he became a director and host of the sketch show Gogol Street on the REN TV channel. In 2007, he started to work as a head of the entertainment programs department of the Production Management Department of the CTC Media television holding.
Chairman of the Charitable Foundation Fragile people (Charitable Foundation was established in 2014 to help patients with osteogenesis imperfecta and other bone pathology).
His directing and producing experience spans over a hundred ceremonies and shows: MIFF opening/closing ceremonies (2000-2010, 2018 - present), Opening/closing ceremonies of the Kinotavr Film Festival (2005 - present), Golden Eagle Award Ceremony (2003–2010, 2019–present), The Art Newspaper Awards Ceremony (2013 - present), TEFI Prize (2009-2010), "Hanukkah in the Kremlin" (FEOR Man of the Year Award, 2007–2009, 2019, 2020), Kandinsky Prize (2009-2014), Award "Kommersant of the Year" (Publishing House "Kommersant", within the PEF, 2010–2013), Charity performances The Little Prince (for the Podari Zhizn Foundation, 2011), The Butterfly Effect (for the BELLA Foundation, 2012), Danila Kozlovsky's show "The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man" (2014) and others.
General Producer of the Sakhalin International Film Festival "On the Edge. East" (SIFF "On the Edge. East", since 2012), Kaliningrad International Film Festival "On the Edge. West" (KIFF "On the Edge. West", since 2019), the Sakhalin Open Film Festival of the Future "Lightplay" ("Lightplay Film Fest", since 2019).
In 2019, he played the main role in the film The Humorist. For this role, he received Art Film Fest and White Elephant awards, and was also nominated for The Golden Unicorn Awards and Nika Award.
He was appointed artistic director of the Gogol Center. He took office on February 26, 2021.
===Art Director===
* "Russian Night" at the International Economic Forum in Davos (2005)
* "White Square" award of the Guild of Operators of the Russian Federation (2005)
* Deputy Chairman of the Sakhalin Film Development Council
===Theatre===
====Director====
;Producer center Transitions
* The Stone Guest by A. S. Pushkin
;Gogol Center
* I don't participate in the war. To the 100th anniversary of Yuri Levitansky
====Actor====
;Producer center "Transitions"
* The Seagull by A. P. Chekhov (1993-1994, production by A. L. Filozov) — Treplev
;Anton Chekhov Theater
* Subway/Underground (director L. G. Trushkin, 1995-1996) — Karmatti
;Theater Quartet I (since 1998)
* There is something missing in Borenka
* These are just stamps
* La Comedy, or We will entertain you by all means that are good! (by Molière The doctor involuntarily)
* Acting games
* Сomedy club
;Gogol Center
* The Ordinary story (based on the novel by I. A. Goncharov, since 2014) — Peter Aduev
* Little Tragedies (A. Pushkin/K. Serebrennikov, since 2017) — Baron, Walsingam
;Moscow Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin
* Between times (E. Grishkovets, since 2021) — Vesnevich Leonid Lvovich
==Personal life==
Father - Mikhail Leonidovich Agranovich (born 1946), director of photography; Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1987).
Mother - Emilia Grigorievna Kulik (born 1936), actress, announcer of the All-Union Radio.
Wife - Viktoriya Tolstoganova, actress. Son - Ivan (born 2011).
==Filmography==
===Director===
Year	Name 	Note
1994	Fragile 	Director
2006	Gogol Street	Director
2015	Main book 	Director
===Actor===
Year 	Name 	Role
1994 	Fragile 	the main role
1994 	Hagi-Tragger 	episode
1999 	The Recluse 	Character name not specified
2000-2001	Black Room: The Witch novella 	doctor
2002 	Marriage of convenience 	Character name not specified
2002 	The Kopeck 	Character name not specified
2006 	Rescuers. Eclipse 	acquaintance of Shuravi
2010 	What Men Talk About 	first customer
2010-2011	Natural selection 	Khabibullah, Pakistani terroris
2014 	Grandfather of my dreams 	orderly
2017 	Myths 	director
2017 	NO-ONE 	General's assistant, KGB officer
2018 	A particle of the universe 	Shutov, psychologist
2019 	The Humorist 	Boris Arkadiev
2019 	Fidelity 	Ivan
2019 	Above the sky 	Gena
2020 	IP Pirogova 	Denis Alekseevich
2020 	Doctor Lisa 	Vladimir Alexandrovich
2020 	Dead Souls 	Judge
2021 	Happy end 	Lera's father
2021 	Contact 	Pyotr Tarasov
2021 	My mom's penguins 	Dad
2021 	Clerk 	Tsalov
2021 	There is something missing in Borenka	Yura operator
2022 	Elizabeth 	Andrey Osterman, Vice Chancellor
2022 	The Chicks 	Yuri Petrovich Taezhny, Chairman of the Board of Directors of a large corporation
==Awards and nominations==
* 1995: Prize of the festival St. Anna (Fragile)
* Prize of the festival Kinotavr – For the brightest event
* 2015: Prize of the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets – Half meters. Best Actor (Ordinary History)
* 2016: Golden Mask – Best Actor (Ordinary History) – Nominee
* 2016: Russian Guild of Cinematographers – Cinematography of Fame – Winner
* 2018: Prize of the film festival Movement – Best Actor (The Humorist)
* 2019: Golden Mask – Best Actor (Little Tragedies) – Nominee
* 2019: The Golden Unicorn Awards – Best Actor (The Humorist) – Nominee
* 2019: Art Film Fest – Best Male Performance (The Humorist) – Winner
* 2020: Russian Guild of Film Critics|White Elephant – Best Actor (The Humorist) – Winner
* 2020: Nika Award – Best Actor (The Humorist) – Nominee
* 2022: APKIT Awards – Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie/Series (My Mother's Penguins) – Nominee
Category:Russian people
Category:Russian actors
Category:Russian producers