• Age cannot wither him - Director Simon Vinokurov in our club

    semvenakurovThe artistic evening of the famous film and theater Director, honored figure of arts of Ukraine Simon Vinokurov was successfully held recently at the Club of Hesed. Co-author and accomplice in the creation of many iconic films of Dovzhenko Studio since the 60-ies ("No turning Back", "Faith, Hope, Love", "Anna and the Commodore", "Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea", a.o.), creator of the popular at the time movie "Long days, short weeks" told the audience about that time and himself.

    We can talk many and a lot about the life and work of this man, but we emphasize, however, that Simon Filippovich is one of those who shaped the face of Ukrainian cinematograph in the last decades. And famous phrase from his movie: "When will the fashion come for kindness, honesty, tolerance, and erudition?", told from the screen in 1980 is still relevant today.

    Brief biographical background: Simon Vinokurov was born in 1936 in Khmelnytsky (former Proskuriv). In 1965 he successfully graduated from the Kharkov Theatre Institute; from that moment his directorial career had begun. Firstly, theatrical: many years of work in theatres of Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Sumy, Kiev, Lviv. The repertoire of productions was wide and varied: here were the classics — "Anthony and Cleopatra" of Shakespeare, "Intrigue and love", "Robbers" of Schiller, and the present — "Fortuna" of Zarudny, "The Diary Page" of Korneychuk, the plays of his own authorship, such as "I seek you" (co-authored with well-known playwright Lubomyr Dmyterko).

     

     

    Since 1969 he works in the cinema as Director and Screenwriter at Dovzhenko cinema Studio.
    In addition to the abovementioned films, he participated in the creation of films "The man in the thoroughfare", "Talent", "Autumn mornings", "She Entrant", "Good intentions", "Captain "Pilgrim". The Director of the TV film "Tenderness for a roaring beast". His works were awarded twice with the State award.
     
    For the last 11 years Simon Filippovich works fruitfully in the education area, teaching students as a Professor in the Department of Theatre direction of the Kiev University of culture and arts.
    It should be noted that age cannot wither Simon Vinokurov: he looks much younger than his anniversary 80th, and his enthusiasm, persistence and energy may envy many young people. Evening at Hesed lasted more than 2 and half hours: the audience listened the charismatic Director spellbound, who additionally to all his other talents has a wonderful gift for storytelling - listened and did not let go, rewarding him with warmth and heavy applause.
     

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