Vladimir Tumaev: biography, family, personal life, film work

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Today we will talk about the Russian film director Vladimir Ivanovich Tumaev, originally from sunny Sevastopol. He acted as a director of ten films, a screenwriter in one short film and even a producer of a short film. Today he is a successful teacher.

Biography of Vladimir Tumaev

Born April 23, 1953. Vladimir recently celebrated his 65th birthday. His native city is Sevastopol, "the city of Russian sailors," as it is called. Until the age of 18, Vladimir lived in Tallinn. Then he moved to Moscow and studied there. Vladimir considers Estonia to be his second home. In 1983 he graduated from the faculty of VGIK as a director, he studied with the legendary teacher Marlen Khutsiev. Since 1974, he connected his life with his wife Lydia. The creative path began, one might say, with meeting his future wife.

Private life

Met my future wife Lydia in February 1974. Lydia at that time was the head of theater groups. From 1975 to 1977 Vladimir served in the army. AndLydia comes to join him in the army. Vladimir first served in the Urals. The wedding took place in 1975. After the Urals, the service was continued for Vladimir already in the Trans-Baikal District. The family of Vladimir Tumaev was friendly. While Vladimir served, Lydia played in the theater. She was given only the main roles, she wrote letters to her husband. At first she played in the drama theater in the city of Serov, then she moved to another theater, but even there there were only the main roles. Simultaneously with the theater, Lydia entered GITIS.

Co-workers of Vladimir Tumaev could not understand his great joy in connection with the admission of his wife to the Higher Theater School. Lydia was distinguished by excellent acting skills and was one of the best on the course. The teacher included her in the list of the best students and wanted to open his own theater, but, to Lydia's great regret, he suddenly died.

In November 1978, Lydia gave Vladimir Tumaev a daughter, Masha. Teacher B. I. Ravenskikh sent the girl on academic leave. But two weeks after the birth of her daughter, Lydia came to the director's workshop to continue her studies. Her desire was so great that no one could lead her astray. And then Vladimir Tumaev, seeing such a strong desire in his wife, went to meet her and took the baby to feed.

The beginning of the creative path

Already in 1979, Lydia tries herself as an assistant director. Vladimir Tumaev speaks of his wife as "a rock behind which you can hide, relax and gain strength."

In 1981, Vladimir and Lydiathere is a joint work "Idiot". For Vladimir, it was a term paper, with which he coped perfectly well with the help of his wife. The picture was short. The duration was 29 minutes. The script was based on a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Starring Boris Plotnikov, Alexander Novikov, Vadim Gems.

In January 1982, the couple's second daughter is born. They named the girl Vera. When Verochka was eight years old, she played herself in the film of her parents. From early childhood, Verochka was very fond of animals and carried into the house absolutely everyone she found in the trash or picked up somewhere. Once Verochka found a sick dog, and the whole family took care of the dog, and then they could not help but leave her at home. The film with the participation of Vera Tumaeva was called "Moon Dogs".

In 1983, the couple acted together as directors in the short film The Education of Dr. Spock. The duration of the short film is only 20 minutes. The main role in the film went to Yuri Nazarov. In 1986, director Vladimir Tumaev, together with his wife, released the film "A Trip to Son", where Vladimir plays the role of a screenwriter.

From 1991 to 1995, work is underway on the film "Moon Dogs". As mentioned above, the daughter of a married couple, Vera, starred in the main role of this film. The family took out a loan to film the film. The director, screenwriter and director was a married couple. And the operator was Vladimir Tumaev himself. The length of the film was 120 minutes. The painting was presented at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995,was shown at film festivals in Canada, Russia, Belarus, Italy and the USA. The film festival "Window to Europe" awarded the film with the main award. The Guild of Film Directors of Russia also awarded the picture with the main prize. The film festival "Listopad-95" also did not leave the film without an award, it won the main prize.

Tragedy in life

On September 28, 2004, a terrible tragedy occurred in the life of Vladimir Tumaev. His wife died tragically in a car accident. It happened on the seventy-first kilometer of the Orenburg-Orsk highway. Lydia was returning from the film festival, where she presented their film "Moon Dogs", and a terrible tragedy occurred, the fatal point was set.

The car is going uphill at a breakneck speed of 140 km/h, Lydia is in the passenger seat, the driver is driving. A herd of horses flies out of the darkness, and the first horse is knocked down, she misses the roof of the car with herself and does not give Lydia a single chance. Lydia is dying. The person who was driving does not get a scratch. Such a fateful combination of circumstances takes away his wife and mother of two children.

Filmography

Some of the films that were made by Vladimir have already been listed above. But for the full picture will be presented again:

• The first film, directed by Vladimir at the age of 33, was called "Journey to his son", genre - drama, 1986.
• "Moondogs", genre - drama, 1995.

• "Tanks are not afraid of dirt." Mini-series, duration - 192 minutes, genre - comedy, military. Year of issue - 2008.
• In 2009, a film called "Degraded" was released. The duration of the picture is 92 minutes. Genre - drama, military. Directed by Vladimir Tumaev.

• In 2009 Vladimir Tumaev's comedy "Chinese grandmother" was released. The duration of the film is 84 minutes. The picture received two Nika film awards, Nina Ruslanova was awarded for the best female role, and Irina Muravyova was awarded the second award for the best supporting female role.
• In 2012, the melodrama directed by Vladimir Tumaev "Healer" is released. Starring Yulia Kadushkevich and Pavel Novikov. The duration of the film is 45 minutes.

In 2012, the mini-series “And the Snow is Spinning” is released, starring Yulia Kadushkevich. The duration of the picture is 180 minutes

• In 2013, the mini-series "Soldiers 17: Back in the ranks" is released.
• In 2013 Vladimir Tumaev's melodrama "Dreams Come True" is released based on the script by Anna Bogacheva. There is no information about the screening and time of this picture. It may never have been released.
• In 2014, a picture of the genre of drama by Vladimir Tumaev "White reindeer moss" was released. Screenplay by Valery Bakirov and Savva Minaev. The film is 1 hour 40 minutes long. The picture receives a prize for the best film of the golden "Saint George". At the moment, this is the last film directed by Vladimir Tumaev.

It's me

That's rightcalled a documentary film that appeared after the tragic death of his wife Lydia. It was mounted by Vladimir. All the way from Orsk to Orenburg, where Lydia's life ended, she filmed the world around her. These were shots, correctly staged, what she saw, what touched her heart. And Vladimir connected everything together - this is how the film came out, which contains the last moments of Lydia Tumaeva. Its duration is 32 minutes.

Vladimir Tumaev's awards

Vladimir's films have received many awards. The films "Journey to the Son" and "Moon Dogs" received the largest number of film awards and awards. The 1986 film Journey to Son won seven awards: Best Cinematography, Audience Award, and Best Director. Many film festivals saw this film in Moscow, Germany, France, Alma-Ata, Tbilisi and Kyiv.

For the short film "Idiot" at the film festival in Georgia, the film received the award for best director. Vladimir Tumaev was awarded the TEFI award for the film called "Degraded", was awarded two awards for acting Nick for the film "Chinese Grandmother". The film "White reindeer moss" received an award in Los Angeles. And the Americans even bought the right to rent this film in their states. This film also received the Audience Choice Award at the Moscow Film Festival.

The real Vladimir

Since the release of the last film, little information can be found about the talented director. And the question immediately arises: what is Vladimir Tumaev going to shoot?There is an answer to this question. The new project that Vladimir is working on is the "Imperial Madman". This is a novel written by Estonian writer Jaan Kross. His career began with VGIK, and it is also the place of work of Vladimir Tumaev, where this wonderful director and screenwriter, producer and author now teaches.