Director Pavel Safonov: biography, career and personal life

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Pavel Safonov is a Russian theater director, actor, film director. His name is not very well known to the general public. However, connoisseurs of theatrical life try to follow his work and not miss the productions of a talented director. For more than 10 years she has been in a civil marriage with the famous actress Olga Lomonosova.

Biography

Pavel Safonov was born on June 26, 1972. In 1994 he graduated from the Shchukin Theater School (workshop of Vladimir Ivanov). Already during his studies, the teachers noticed the undoubted talent of the young man and predicted his successful future in the profession.

Immediately after graduation, Pavel was accepted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater. Cinema was going through its hard times in the 1990s - low-grade mediocre films were released, in which the actor preferred the theatrical stage to shooting.

Career

Pavel Safonov is better known as a theater actor and director. He has been featured in many plays:

• Cyrano de Bergerac;
• "Fairy Tale";
• "Inspector";
• "Lion in winter";
• "Peaklady";
• Princess Turandot.

As a director, Pavel tried his hand after 3 years of a successful acting career. He staged his first play "Beautiful People" in his native school named after Shchukin. After a successful debut, Pavel began to receive offers from many well-known theaters - Rusich, Theater Association 814, Meyerhold House, Theater Marathon.

As a director, he has staged more than a dozen successful performances. Among them are "The Seagull", "Deep Blue Sea", "Ideal Husband", "Caligula", "Pygmalion" and others.

Critics praise his acting and directing work. Several times he was recognized as one of the best actors in his native theater.

But Pavel Safonov has few film roles. He starred in only three films:

• "Eagle and Tails" (1995, the role of policeman Valentine);
• "Flowers from the Winners" (1998);
• series "Men's Work-2" (2002, the role of Vakha).

Pavel also tried himself as a film director: in 2007 he directed the TV series Alibi Agency, in 2008 - Petrovka 38. Semyonov's Team.

Family life

Pavel Safonov met his future wife Olga Lomonosova at the rehearsal of "Princess Turandot": she played in the crowd, he - one of the roles. At that time, both were not free, so the mutual feeling did not come immediately.

When Pavel staged his first performance "Beautiful People" as a director,he invited Olga Lomonosova to the main role. However, despite the talent and spectacular appearance of the actress, he had doubts, because the role was complex and dramatic.

But as a result, Olga pleasantly surprised him. While working on the play, young people became close, but a real romance between them began a few years later.

Today Olga and Pavel live in a civil marriage, raising two daughters (Varya, born in 2006 and Sasha, born in 2011) and son Fedor (born in 2017).

Below you can see a photo of Pavel Safonov with his daughter.

The issue of registering a relationship does not bother them, because both of them already had a similar experience. They believe that love does not have to be confirmed by some piece of paper or a stamp in the passport. They are happy anyway.

Olga considers Pavel a wonderful husband and father. He helps his wife with children in every possible way, is engaged in their upbringing, takes them with him to rehearsals.

Despite the fact that the actress Olga Lomonosova is much more popular than her husband, this does not bother Pavel at all. On the contrary, he gives his wife every support.

Collaboration

In the performances of her husband, Olga Lomonosova often gets the main roles. But Safonov does not do concessions to his wife, being a rather demanding director.

Also, the spouses jointly go on stage and as actors, but infrequently. Pavel calls his acting in performances pampering, because the main thing he has focused his talent on today istheater directing.

Pavel Safonov and his wife look great in the photo.