Personal Info
Birthday
January 26, 1960
Place of Birth
Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]
Known For
Acting
Leonid Parfyonov
Biography
Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Acting Filmography (29)
Russian Georgians. Part 2
Karamora
In Qvevri Veritas
Listyev. A New Look
Russian Georgians. Part 1
Без души
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
Russia in Bloom
Eye of God
Evening Urgant
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
Boris Godunov
Generation P
He Came to Give Us Freedom
Zvorykin-Muromets
Gogol the Bird
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
Russian Empire
Still Waters
The Age of Nabokov
Fort Boyard Russia
Namedni
Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Children of the 20th Congress
