Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov Russian Никита Сергеевич Михалков born 21 October 1945 Moscow is a Russian filmmaker actor and head of the Russian Cinematographers Union Mikhalkov is a threetime laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation 1993 1995 1999 and is a Full Cavalier of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival 1991 and was nominated for the Academy Award 1993 in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden He won an Academy Award 1995 for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival 1994 for the film Burnt by the Sun Mikhalkov received the Special Lion of the Venice Film Festival 2007 for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 2007 Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family His greatgrandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn Nikitas father Sergey Mikhalkov was best known as writer of childrens literature although he also wrote lyrics to his countrys national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem Mikhalkovs mother poet Natalia Konchalovskaya was the daughter of the avantgarde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter Vasily Surikov Nikitas older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films such as Runaway Train and Tango Cash