Roman Fokin is a film director with the KVN syndrome

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Roman Viktorovich Fokin - Russian film director, television and film actor, famous TV presenter was born in 1965. Known to compatriots as the director of sitcoms on the STS TV channel "Traffic Light" and "Toys", a participant and host of the mass entertainment programs of Russian modern television: "The Magnificent Seven", KVN, "Once a Week", "Jolly Guys".

Pioneer childhood

According to Fokin, as a child, like most boys in the USSR, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut or a test pilot. In the country of the Soviets, these were the most prestigious professions. The father instilled in the future showman a love for good cinema and literature, forming the makings of a director's creative style. In addition to the fact that young Roman Fokin read a lot, he was a pioneer activist, attended sports sections, loved hiking, and spent summers in he alth camps.

Cavenant Syndrome

After successfully graduating from school, Roman Fokin enters the Faculty of Industrial and Civilconstruction” of the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. The institution of higher education is famous for its strong creative traditions, the institute has its own student theater and film studio. The MISI team in 1961 and 1962 was the champion of the KVN game, the revived game was directed by Menshikov, the ex-captain of the MISI team of the 60s. From the first year, like many other students, Fokin became infected with KVN, he took an active part in writing scripts and staging the performances of the institute team. As Roman Fokin admitted, a new world literally opened up for him. At this time, the future director and his team are filming in the program "Jolly Fellows".

Starting a solo career

After Roman in 1990 appeared in several episodes of the comic show "Merry Fellows" - he played a philophonist in the episode "About Music" and a loser-football player in the issue called "Me and Others", he was noticed by the beau monde of the show business. Already in 1993, Roman Fokin became one of the leaders in the intellectual and humorous game for teenagers "The Magnificent Seven" with S. Belogolovtsev and A. Akopov. After taking part in the humorous TV show "Once a Week". To improve his skills, Fokin goes to the Higher Courses for Directors and Screenwriters to Vladimir Motyl, after which he continues to develop his television career. He works as the host of the TV show "Star Start", "How many good girls!", "Everything for you" and begins directing. The first directed project of Roman Viktorovich is the TV version of the show "The Strongest Man of Russia".

Director

The longest-running project in which Roman Fokin acted as a director along with other domestic directors is the crime-detective series "Lawyer" (2004-2012). The story famously revolves around the personality of the lawyer Alexei Zimin, who, despite the vicissitudes of his work, did not harden his heart, did not become an inveterate cynic, so he is directly involved in the case and the future fate of each of his clients. The episodes of the series, directed by Fokin, are varied: from serious drama to farcical thriller. Separate series are represented by almost non-standard comedy, ridiculing the types of characters, as well as the imperfection of the judicial system as a whole. Among others, the series shot by Roman Fokin, a director with experience in playing in KVN, stand out noticeably.

Further, together with Karen Zakharov and Oleg Smolnikov, Fokin started production of the comedy TV movie "Brothers in Different Ways". The main characters of the series were Andrei Ruzhentsev, a native of Moscow, and Ivan Zyamzyulin, a distant relative from the village who came to him. The sitcom is based on various events that happen to young people, based on the difference between the rural and metropolitan perception of life and the peculiarities of the national mentality of the characters.

Author's projects

In 2007, Roman Fokin, whose films are well known to the domestic audience, shoots his first independent project "Resort Romance" (viewer rating - 6.40) based on the script by Daria Rashchupkina. During the production of the mini-series, the director did the main work independently. It consisted in the selection of actors and the choice of shooting locations, so the viewer has an excellent opportunity to judge the personal tastes and understanding of Fokine's tasks.

The second major independent project in the director's filmography is the TV detective "Bluebeard" (film rating - 6.13). Domestic film reviewers were supportive of the series and called it a typical Russian detective with an excellent script full of ingenious tangles, an excellent ensemble cast and professional directing.

The dramas of the ex-kaveenshchik Roman Fokin are also successful, as evidenced by his dramatic film “Just come back!” (rating - 5.41). The release of the film was called by the film community as a positive trend in the cinema of the Russian Federation.

Don't stop there

In the period from 2010 to 2016, the director created six projects, including the crime melodrama "Wormwood - Cursed Grass" (5.90), the comedy series "Toys" (4.17), the comedy story about three childhood friends - the series "Traffic Light (IMDb: 8.20), melodrama Don't Leave Me, Love (5.17), comedy melodrama Eighties, new sitcom Roof of the World. Fokin dedicated the plot of his latest brainchild to a new topic for Russian TV - the hotel business.