Portrait of Karen Shakhnazarov

Directing

Karen Shakhnazarov

Career

Active from 1962 to 2023, with a break from 1963 to 1974, busiest in 2017 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zerograd
Zerograd
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Karen Shakhnazarov Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    4.1, average 4.8
  • Tech & Humanity
    1.0, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Russian Cinema 6
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • 1970s Moscow 2
  • Love Triangle 2
  • Emotional 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • World War II 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Courier
Courier

Novel

2020s

3 titles · average score 56
Выжить во льдах
Выжить во льдах (2027)

Producer

In the Moscow Slums
In the Moscow Slums (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Screenplay

Vladivostok
Vladivostok (2021)

Producer, Screenplay

2010s

10 titles · average score 52
Decision: Liquidation
Decision: Liquidation (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 30

Writer, Director

Mot Ne
Mot Ne (2017)

Producer

A House ‎for Rent with All the Inconveniences
A House ‎for Rent with All the Inconveniences (2016)

Producer

On the Road to Berlin
On the Road to Berlin (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Producer

Love in the USSR
Love in the USSR (2014)

Producer, Director

Goodbye Mom
Goodbye Mom (2014)

Co-Producer

In the Encirclement
In the Encirclement (2013)

Director

She
She (2013)

Producer

White Tiger
White Tiger (2012)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

2000s

5 titles · average score 61
Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6 (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Producer

Vanished Empire
Vanished Empire (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Producer

The Rider Named Death
The Rider Named Death (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Producer

The Star
The Star (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Writer

1990s

8 titles · average score 59
Day of the Full Moon
Day of the Full Moon (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

Who, If Not Us
Who, If Not Us (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer

Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter
Hello from Charlie the Trumpeter (1998)

Producer

American Daughter
American Daughter (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

Dreams
Dreams (1993)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

The Children of Iron Gods
The Children of Iron Gods (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

Producer

White King, Red Queen
White King, Red Queen (1993)

Producer

Assassin of the Tsar
Assassin of the Tsar (1991)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

1980s

6 titles · average score 72
Zerograd
Zerograd (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Writer

Courier
Courier (1986)
GoodWatch score 75

Book, Director

Winter Evening in Gagry
Winter Evening in Gagry (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

We're from Jazz
We're from Jazz (1983)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Writer

Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Ladies Invite Gentlemen (1981)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Kind Men
Kind Men (1980)

Director

1970s

1 title
Wider Step Maestro!
Wider Step Maestro! (1975)

Director, Screenplay