Alexander Rodnyansky is a producer, as they say, from God. The result of any of his work is always the success and positive assessment of critics. Many people know him as the founder of the 1 + 1 channel or as the director of the STS channel. He is also involved in the TV series My Fair Nanny, Kadetstvo, Ranetki, Do Not Be Born Beautiful, and Daddy’s Daughter.
Followed in the footsteps of mother and grandfather
While the majority of Soviet schoolchildren, after finishing their first educational institution in their life, were lost in choosing their future life, Alexander Rodnyansky knew for sure that he would be a producer. He entered the Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television. I.K. Karpenko-Kary, at the faculty of filmmaking.
He chose this orientation of his life not by chance. He was raised by his mother, who was a film producer and worked at the Contact Ukrainian Film Studio. She loved her job very much and probably told her son a lot about it. Her father and grandfather, the grandfather and great-grandfather of Alexander, were also television workers. Grandfather served as editor in chief of the Documentary Film Studio. On the territory of this film studio, by the way, there was a house in which Alexander grew up.
He recalls how in his childhood old films replaced his toys, how he ran to the studio to watch draft films. In such an environment, he simply could not help but love what his mother, grandfather and great-grandfather did. To cinema, he was imbued with deep respect.
The first attempts to assert themselves
After graduation, Rodnyansky immediately got a job at the Kiev studio of science films as a film director. In total, Alexander creates seven documentaries, including “Raoul Wallenberg's Mission”, “Farewell, USSR” and “March of the Living” (for the latter he received prizes at two festivals).
Since 1990, Alexander Rodnyansky is a producer and director of a presenter on one of the German channels. He creates some of his documentaries, while already abroad. This also applies to his best work, The March of the Living. However, outside his homeland, Rodnyansky does not linger for a long time and comes back already with the idea of maximizing his production talent.
Work on "1 + 1" and STS
In 1994, Rodnyansky returned to his native country and founds “1 + 1”, which is rapidly breaking out into the leaders of Ukrainian television channels. In 2002, there was a global change in his life - he moved to Moscow and became the chief director of the STS channel. The success of his work on the new channel leads to the fact that after only two years he takes the place of the head of the holding company CTC Media.
In just three years, under the able guidance of Alexander Rodnyansky, STS increased its audience to unprecedented proportions. His popularity was maintained thanks to the beloved all the series “Poor Nastya”, “My Fair Nanny”, “Do not Be Born Beautiful”. When in 2007 the channel’s rating began to plummet, the situation was saved thanks to the comedy series “Daddy’s Daughters”. While working at STS, Rodnyansky acquires the Kinotavr film festival. In 2008, he became a member of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival.
The decision to say goodbye to the STS channel Alexander Rodnyansky takes in 2009. Immediately after that, he creates his own company AR-Films, thanks to which he has the opportunity to create and shoot intelligent films. In 2010, he became chairman of the Emergency Council of the Russian private media holding. Under his strict guidance, Channel Five and REN-TV are restarted.
Professional achievements
In total, Alexander Rodnyansky, whose photo demonstrates his self-confidence, was the producer of more than 40 films and 30 series, many of which received superpopularity. He has won many awards: he won the Nika Prize three times, was twice awarded as the best television producer in Russia, received an award from the European Film Academy and many other awards. His films “1001 recipe for a cook in love”, “East-West”, and in 2015 “Leviathan” were nominated for an Oscar.
Particularly successful works by the producer of recent years include Jane Mansfield Machine, Elena and Stalingrad, which became the highest grossing film of the decade. Together with Stalingrad in 2013, Rodnyansky created the book "The Producer Came Out", which tells about the dark side of his work.
