Alexander Ignatusha: creativity

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Ukrainian director, screenwriter, theater and film actor A. Ignatusha gained wide popularity thanks to the role of a district police officer in the TV project "Matchmakers". Today he deservedly enjoys the love of the viewer. Alexander Ignatusha continues to act in television films, plays in the theater, and also performs songs of his own composition. He recently released the White Wolf music album.

Biography

The actor was born in Kyiv on November 3, 1955. I was brought up in an ordinary family. The mother of Alexander Fedorovich, Ekaterina Boyko-Ignatusha, was a creative person. Therefore, it is not surprising that the boy was brought up in an atmosphere of love for music and poetry. By the way, Alexander Ignatusha recently published a collection of poems by his mother. In 1976 he graduated from the course of Leonid Oleinik at the Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television named after I. K. Karpenko-Kary. And in 1984 he studied at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors in the workshop of Eldar Ryazanov.

Creative path

In the term paper of a young directorunder the name "Visit" such outstanding Soviet actors as Alexander Filipenko and Nina Ruslanova were filmed. Then the films "Ordan" and "Blossoming of the Kulbaba" were shot. Alexander Ignatusha also tried his hand at making documentaries. However, the nineties were not the best time for Ukrainian cinema, and the director decided to try his luck in the USA. Filming of a documentary film dedicated to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church lasted about three years. They were held both in Ukraine and in the USA. But the movie was never released. Alexander Fedorovich says that he did not turn out to be a businessman. In addition, the rights to the picture were disputed by American colleagues, and they did not want to get involved in legal costs. But the stay in the USA did not go completely in vain for Ignatushi. He completed an internship at Broadway's La Mama Theater where he learned the basics of staging a musical.

Theatre

Cinematography is not the only creative field, first of all Ignatusha Alexander is a theater actor. From 1978 to 1982 he served in the Kiev Academic Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka. His work as Julius from the musical "The Tale of Monica" received high praise from critics and audiences. And fans of the classics most likely remembered him in the role of Petya Trofimov ("The Cherry Orchard"). From 1995 to 1998, Alexander Ignatusha taught the basics of stage art and directing at the Mikhail Poplavsky University and the Kiev Theater Institute. He was also the artistic director at the Kiev Experimental Theatre. At the moment, the actor cansee on the stages of many Kyiv theaters. He is busy staging his own performances and participates in the entreprise of Yevgeny Paperny.

Filmography of Alexander Ignatushi

While still a student at KNUKIT, Sasha began acting in films. He played one of the leading roles in the comedy film by Alexander Pavlovsky "Ar-chi-med-dy". This was followed by work in such paintings as:

• "Gift of Fate" (driver Yura).
• "For everything in the answer" (Zhora).
• "Smotriny" (Vladimir Lyalin).
• Golden Shoes (Ivan).
• "Yaroslav the Wise" (Lyubomir).
• "Miracles in Garbuzyany" (Peter).
• "Come in, afflicted ones!" (Leonid).
• "Bodyguard" (Glebov).
• "Escape from a new life" (Nikita).

However, the wide popularity came to the actor thanks to his participation in the following TV projects: “Matchmakers”, “Tales of Mityai”, “Cops. Secrets of the Big City, Neighbors, Dark Labyrinths of the Past, Relatives, Brother for Brother, Swallow's Nest, So Far, So Close, Dog, Bad Neighbor, Know Me If You Can", "Servant of the People", "Forgotten Woman" and "Mistress".

Alexander Fedorovich does not forget about his directorial work. In 2012, he filmed the melodrama “Mom, I love a pilot”, which appealed to fans of this genre. Now, in cooperation with the Inter TV channel, he is busy implementing a new project, in which he will become not only a director, but also a screenwriter.