Grigory Amnuel is well known to TV viewers who prefer to watch political shows. On the programs, the film director and producer defends his independent opinion about the processes taking place in the country and the world. However, few people have seen his most interesting films about sports, historical facts and religious searches.
Biography
The date of birth of Grigory Markovich Amnuel is 1957, February 13. The main occupation is art direction, journalism. In addition, the film director is actively involved in public activities, has his own independent political position, and is known as the initiator of interactions between representatives of the Russian parliament and public organizations of the Atlantic Union countries. In particular, Grigory Amnuel for a long time acted as the executive secretary of the department of the State Duma of the Russian Federation that was in contact with the Benelux countries.
The ancestors of the film director and public figure moved to the capital at the beginning of the twentieth century from the Baltic Livonia. The family kept the traditions and family life of the Baltic Germans. Gregory also developed a respect for historical memory.
Grigory Amnuel received his higher education in cold and snowy Tobolsk, where he studied at the Pedagogical Institute. The director does not publish his early life data to the general public. And personal life is closed with seven seals. It is known that Gregory Amnuel was married twice. The first marriage took place when the director was a very young student. Currently G. Amnuel has a second marriage, his wife is Latvian. She gave birth to her husband's only daughter in 1981.
Creativity and work
Grigory Amnuel is engaged in film production, the main direction of which is independent cinema. This is how the projects of film festivals arose, which showed the uninitiated viewer the best European cinema, which was banned in the Soviet Union. Since G. Amnuel himself writes scripts for his films, he had an idea to organize international meetings of screenwriters. Similar events are successfully held both at Russian venues and abroad in the cultural centers of France and Italy.
Grigory Amnuel is a creator of films on sports and journalistic topics. The main audience of the author is TV viewers from Eastern Europe. There are 18 known films in which the author raises deep questions of the religious worldview, analyzes historical facts and examines the problems of the development of states.
The author was awarded Best Sports Film in 1995 for a fascinating story about ice hockey players and ice gambling.
In the theatrical world of Moscow, Grigory Amnuel is known as an interesting stage director of performances in the famous Moscow theaters - Satire and the Taganka Theater.
Grigory Amnuel is not indifferent person. He is known for his harsh criticisms of Russian politicians, which he openly voices on popular television political programs.
