Valery Todorovsky is a famous director, screenwriter, producer with a worldwide reputation. He made many successful films: "Country of the Deaf", "Kandahar", "Kamenskaya", "The Master and Margarita" and others.
Early years, adolescence
Valery Petrovich was born on May 8, 1962. The family lived in Odessa. His father is the famous director Petr Todorovsky, his mother, Mira Grigorievna, is a producer. When Valery was little, his father worked as a cameraman at the Odessa film studio, he often took his son to work.
Later the Todorovskys began to live in the capital. As a schoolboy, Valery also decided to work at a film studio, like his father. He entered the VGIK at the faculty of directors, but he was not accepted. However, Valery was able to become a student at the scriptwriters department of this university. The young man finished his education in 1984.
Creative biography
In 1986, Todorovsky's script for the movie "Double" appeared. The scripts for the film by Dmitry Meskhiev - "Above Dark Water", "Gambrinus" brought fame.
In the 90s, Todorovsky and his friends organized a production center "TTL" (Todorovsky, Tolstunov, Livnev). The first work is the film "Kiks" (directed by Sergey Livnev). Valery Petrovich became the producer of the following films: "Kamenskaya", "Brigade", "Poddubny" and others. From 1995 to 1999. Todorovsky was on the board of the Gorky Film Studio.
Valery Petrovich also made films, the first named himself "Hearse", it was released in 1990. Subsequently, the pictures "Love", "Moscow Nights" appeared on the screens. He opened the way to the world of cinema for such actors as Mironov Evgeny, Khamatova Chulpan, Korzun Dina. Thanks to the filming in the film "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" Ingeborga Dapkunaite again became popular.
In 2000, Valery Petrovich was appointed producer of the TV channel "Russia". He later received the position of advisor to the director. In 2005, the Krasnaya Arrow film company appeared, in addition to Todorovsky, its founders were Vadim Goryaninov and Leonid Lebedev. The best pictures of the studio are considered to be the films "Oxygen", "Swing", "Hipsters".
Todorovsky was a co-producer of the series "The Master and Margarita", the director of the series "The Thaw". He worked on the film "Bolshoi", which tells about the Bolshoi ballet troupe.
Valery Petrovich edited films, worked on the films "Queen Margot", "Women's Property". He considers such work to be something of a hobby.
Personal life
The first wife of Valery Petrovich is Tokareva Natalya, the daughter of the writer Viktoria Tokareva. The marriage lasted about 20 years. The couple had children - Peter and Catherine.
Then Todorovsky met Brik Evgenia, a young actress. For her sake, he left his family. The marriage was concluded in 2006. In 2009, a daughter, Zoya, appeared. Quite often, Evgenia starred in her husband's projects.
Valery Petrovich does not like social events, in his free time he rests at home.
