Awards & Winners

Vladimir Menshov

Date of Birth 17-September-1939
Place of Birth Baku
(Azerbaijan)
Nationality Russia
Also know as Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov, Vl. Menshov, Владимир Меньшов, Володимир Меньшов, Меньшов В. В.
Profession Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director, Actor
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Like many other Russian filmmakers, he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK, the world's oldest educational institution in cinematography. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.

Awards by Vladimir Menshov

Check all the awards nominated and won by Vladimir Menshov.

1980


Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Honored for : Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
(Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian)

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian