The ebullient energy of Sam Klebanov, with all his external restraint, works wonders. Thanks to this independent film distributor, the Russian audience saw many interesting films by contemporary European directors. He created a whole direction on the Kultura TV channel, which still arouses keen interest. Cinema Without Borders brings together creative people and audiences in a large international club of interests.
Biography
Sam Klebanov, a well-known film distributor and media person in Russia and European countries, was born in Soviet Leningrad. Born in 1965. Most of Sam's childhood was spent in Moscow, where he was educated in high school. The guy was keenly interested in everything that was happening around him and wanted to test his masculine qualities, so he did not hesitate to go into the army to do military service. He was sent to the radio intelligence unit, which was located on the territory of the former socialist part of Germany, the GDR at that time. Sam Klebanov was a mathematically gifted young man, therefore, after serving in the army, he decided to go to study at a higher educational institution in the direction of "applied mathematics". He received an excellent education at the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics at the prestigious Institute of Economics and Statistics in Moscow.
Sam received his diploma from the institute in 1990, when times came difficult and hectic for the country. The August coup broke the fate of people and scattered many around the world. so Sam Klebanov left his homeland and went to look for a better life in Europe. No one expected a young ambitious man in the civilized and well-fed Western world. I had to do simple work, which brought the former programmer a small amount of money for a tolerable existence. As Sam Klebanov himself recalls, he had to take care of the garden as a gardener and even work as a tutor in one of the Swedish families. The pleasant moment of such a free life was the opportunity to travel. Sam traveled all over Europe, hitchhiking around the countries. over the years he learned European languages, acquired useful contacts, and in 1993 settled in Gothenburg, Sweden. Luck brought the guy a prestigious job as a programmer at IFTECH Software. Sam got noticed and took over as CTO. My career started to take shape well.
Creativity and business
Seeing that there are excellent business opportunities in Russia, Sam Klebanov creates his own company for the distribution of European films in cinemas in Russia. His Maywin Media AB began selling TV films and entertainment programs to Russian TV channels and gradually moved to the CIS market.
The sale of the film distribution was very successful. The famous project "Cinema without Borders" appeared, specializing in the rental of arthouse. In the 2000s, the venerable film distributor actively cooperates with the Russian Kultura TV channel. Until now, Sam Klebanov considers this channel to be the most professional and interesting in the media television space. His program "Cinema Magic", which aired in 2001-2008, had a high rating in terms of views.
The Cinema Without Borders brand still exists and the distributor continues its activities in this direction.
Personal life
Sam Klebanov is a handsome brutal man and is very interesting to women. However, he did not marry for a long time, preferring an open relationship. Now the distributor has a wonderful wife, Irina Vinogradova, his business partner. The husband and wife have a charming child - daughter Adele.
