Who is Ivan Okhlobystin? Actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, writer, priest, public figure, biker, and in general - an addicted person. In addition, he took place as a man - in his life there was and is the only beloved wife who gave him 6 children.
Everything this amazing person touches immediately attracts the attention of the media and the public. Ivan Okhlobystin is self-sufficient in any of his incarnations - in acting, directing, as a screenwriter and as a family man. Only one area of activity causes contradictions and doubts in him - the ministry of the Orthodox Church. He was successful as a clergyman, but his active nature demanded self-realization in cinema, which made him return to the path of creativity.
Biography of Ivan Okhlobystin
Ivan was born into the family of a doctor and a student, who was more than 40 years younger than her husband, in July 1966. The family lived near Tula, in the small settlement of Polenovo at a rest house for party workers.
Parents divorced when Vanya was very young, but his father also took part in raising his son. The boy grew up in severity, both mom and dad were demanding. Father insisted that Ivan continue the dynasty and become a surgeon, but the young man's plans included a completely different direction - after watching the film "An Ordinary Miracle", the young man dreamed of a movie.
And this dream was destined to come true - Ivan's mother got married a second time and moved with her son to Moscow. After graduating from high school, the young man went to conquer the admissions committee of VGIK. The passing of exams by the entrant Ivan Okhlobystin was literally overgrown with bikes. Ivan countered the demand of one of the members of the commission to surprise - I came to say a new word in cinema, and not to clown in front of you. Naturally, the impudent applicant was kicked out, but then they returned back and accepted to study, admitting that he still managed to surprise the masters of the university.
Career of Ivan Okhlobystin
Training at VGIK was interrupted by service at the SA. From the second year, Ivan was drafted into the army, he ended up in the missile forces, but did not show any special military talent. The impudent private spent most of the service in the guardhouse, and, in his own words, loneliness gave him much more pleasure than staying in the barracks and at the training grounds.
Ivan Okhlobystin graduated from VGIK, and with honors. He began to shoot films while still studying, and his short films were highly rated by teachers. And already at the age of 25 he received an award in the nomination "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in the film "Leg".
Films to which Ivan Okhlobystin “had a hand”, and it does not matter in the quality of someone - an actor, director or screenwriter, invariably became bombs, were radically different from the stagnant Soviet cinema. But at some point, Okhlobystin suddenly lost interest in this career and creative race. At that time, he saw no other way out than serving Orthodoxy.
But even there Ivan did not find himself. Not wanting to doom the family to poverty, he asked the confessors for blessings to shoot a movie, and then completely initiated the removal of the priesthood. They went to meet him and even left him the right to return to the clergy at the moment when he himself wishes.
Personal life of Ivan Okhlobystin
Ivan Okhlobystin married Oksana Arbuzova in 1995. The choice was the only correct one - his wife supported him in everything, experienced many hardships during the period when the husband tried himself in the priesthood. In marriage, Ivan and Oksana had 6 children.
The couple have been together for over 20 years. Oksana for the sake of her family, husband and home abandoned her acting career, although she showed great promise in the profession. Ivan, in turn, tries to ensure that the family does not need anything, and he succeeds.
The family spends most of the time outside the city, in a huge house, rebuilt on the site of the father-in-law and mother-in-law. There Ivan does his favorite things - writes books and scripts, makes handmade knives.
