Pavel Arsenov


Pavel Oganezovich Arsenov was a Soviet and Russian film actor, screenwriter and film director. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Pavel was born on January 5, 1936 in Tiflis. He studied at the Institute of Geological Survey, he graduated from the directing department of VGIK.
Before studying at VGIK, he worked at the Kartuli Pilmi, the Moscow studio of popular science films. He acted in a number of films of the studio Armenfilm, in particular, in the film .
Since 1962 director of the Gorky Film Studio. A vivid event was the avant-garde film King Stag. The greatest popularity to film director Pavel Arsenov was brought by the 5-serial children's television movie Guest from the Future, which appeared on screens in March 1985. After that, Alisa Seleznyova's film character, created by Arsenov and embodied on the screen of a 12-year-old Moscow schoolgirl Natasha Guseva, became cult for millions of Soviet schoolchildren.
Died August 12, 1999 in Moscow. He was buried at the Shcherbinskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography

The first wife was actress Valentina Malyavina. The second wife — Elena Arsenova. Daughter Elizaveta works as a make-up stylist in Moscow theaters.