Gelman Alexander Dramaturg Biography

Father - Gelman Isaac Davidovich - mother - Gelman Manya Shaevna - wife - Kaletskaya Tatyana Pavlovna G. Children: Gelman Marat Aleksandrovich G. Childhood Alexander Gelman was noted by tragic events. From for a year, he, along with his parents, was in a Jewish ghetto in the city of Bershad Vinnitsa region. Of the 11 people of a large family, only two survived - Alexander and his father.

After the war, A. Gelman early began his career. After graduating from the professional school of knittedmen in the city of Chernivtsi in Ukraine - he worked as an assistant master at the Lviv hutting factory. Then, after studying at the Lviv Military School named after Schors, he served in the army. He was the commander of the unit of the City Coastal Defense of the Black Sea Fleet -, then commanded a separate unit of the GO communications unit of the Kamchatka Military Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet - demobilized, Alexander Gelman worked as a milling mill at the Kishinevsky Plant Electrotochoror - and at the same time studied at the Chisinau State University.

However, he did not happen to complete his studies. In the year, he moved to the Leningrad Region, where for three years he worked as a Glav.mstra Trust SMU dispatcher in the construction of a large oil refinery in the city of Kirishi of the Leningrad Region. From the year, A. Gelman worked as a correspondent for the Leningrad newspapers "Construction Worker" and "Change", then seriously took up drama.

In years, he was a member of the trade union committee of the Leningrad playwrights. In the year, Alexander Gelman, together with Tatyana Kaleck, wrote a script according to which the film “Night Change” was shot at the Lenfilm film studio. His next scenario is also co -authored with T. Kaletskaya - “Ksenia, Fyodor’s beloved wife“ Lenfilm ” - awarded the prize at the All -Union Competition.

In the year, the film “Prize” “Lenfilm”, set according to the script of the playwright, was released in the year. The film had a wide public outcry. For this work, A. The new script for the playwright - “Feedback” as if continued the conversation begun by the “Prize” - about the deep contradictions of the socialist system of production relations, about the high moral value of the life position of a person who perceives the interests of the case as something deeply personal, blood.

In the year of the Lenfilm film studio, the film of the same name was placed, which received the recognition of the audience and criticism. A. Gelman himself was awarded the prize for the best script at the XI All -Union Film Festival in Yerevan. Subsequently, according to the scenarios of Alexander Gelman, the television film “We, the Nizh’s Nizhi” studio named after M.

Gorky, and the painting “Zinulya” “Mosfilm”, and in the year the premiere of the film “Gorbachev took place on the RTR channel. After the empire ”, in the year the feature film“ Ary ”studio named after M. in the year Alexander Gelman became one of the co-authors of the script of the serial documentary film“ Freedom in Russian ”. In the year, a very important page was opened in the work of A.

Helman. On the basis of his first film score, the playwright created the play “Protocol of one meeting”, which was set by Georgy Tovstonogov in the same year on the stage of the famous Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after Gorky. Since then, for 24 years, the creative community of Alexander Gelman with the theater lasted, on the stage of which Oleg Efremov staged his plays: “Protocol of one meeting”, “Feedback”, “We, the Nizhny”, “In private with everyone”, “Skamyka”, “Zinulya”, as well as “Mishin's anniversary”, written by Alexander Gelman with co -author of co -authority American playwright Richard Nelson.

In the year in the new theater of Moscow, the premiere of the play "Professionals of Victory" took place. For many years, A. Gelman was a member of the Artistic Council of the Moscow Art Theater, in this capacity he happened to participate in the dramatic section of the famous troupe into two theater - Gorky Moscow Art Theater, led by T., in addition to the Moscow Art Theater's Moscow Art Theater, went in dozens of other theaters of the country.

Some of them, in particular “alone with everyone” and “bench”, were transferred, published and staged in more than 30 countries. The play "The bench" in different years was on the stages of 6 theaters in France. In the year, a collection of playwright’s plays published in the publishing house, some plays were published in separate publications in the publishing house “Art”, published in the magazines “Theater” and “Modern Drama”.

The most famous plays by A. Gelman since the year were included in the school programs for modern Russian drama. In the year, the publishing house Vagrius published a new collection of plays by Alexander Gelman - “Alone with everyone”. The second after drama by A. Helman's profession became journalism. With the beginning of perestroika, he became interested in politics.

He became one of the three co -chairs of the Council of the founders of the Moscow News newspaper at a time when the newspaper played an outstanding role in the establishment of publicity in the country. For a year he worked in the newspaper as a political observer, published his articles and essays on its pages. In the year, the publishing house “Strategy” published a book of publicism Alexander Gelman entitled “When the Past the Future”.

In the year A.He became part of the first legal parliamentary opposition - the interregional deputy group, headed by A. Sakharov, and after his death - B. was a member of the Committee on Human Rights and the appeals of citizens. Participation in the activities of the opposition did not interfere with the good relations with M. in the years A. Gelman was an active part in the work of the Constitutional meeting, which developed the text of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation.

In recent years, Alexander Isaakovich has been passionate about the work in Internet network publications. RU until recently, he led the weekly section "alone with everyone." For many years, he was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "The Art of Cinema", is currently part of the editorial board of the magazine "Dramaturg". Since a year, he is a member of the Union of Cinematographers, a member of the Union of Writers, a member of the Union of Theater Workers.

For 8 years he has been one of the secretaries of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, for more than 10 years has been conducting the summer seminar of young playwrights in Shchelykovo, and for years taught at the highest courses of scriptwriters and directors of the Goskino of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Isaakovich says about his free time as follows: “When I do not write, I read. We can say vice versa: when I do not read, I write. No other hobbies. Except that the Internet appeared in my life. But here I do the same: either I write or read. I love walking around the city