Biography of Pavel Khudyakov
Pavel Khudyakov is a star music video director who managed not only to win the hearts of his compatriots, but also to make a name abroad. He made videos for Timati, Philip Kirkorov, Emin Agalarov, Dima Bilan and other top stars of domestic show business. He made his debut as a film director in 2012 with the film Odnoklassniki: CLICK FOR Luck.
Director and music video director Pavel Khudyakov
Briefly about the life of Pavel Khudyakov’s 12-year-old daughter
Antonina Khudyakova has long been a teenage idol. The girl receives her education in the USA, and prefers to spend her free time on the best beaches in the world. The young star's hobbies include shopping and dancing.
The life of 12-year-old Toni Khudyakova can only be envied. Since childhood, the girl has been bathed in luxury. Her father is the famous director Pavel Khudyakov, who shoots videos for many stars of domestic show business. The dad is ready to make any wish of the heiress come true, so her wardrobe contains only branded items, and the schoolgirl vacations in the best hotels in the world.
Tonya recently announced that she was finally moving to the USA. There the girl plans to get an education and build a career. How does one of the richest and most popular girls on Russian Instagram live, and how much does her whim cost her parents?
For several years, Tonya lived in two countries: while in Moscow she studied at a prestigious school in the capital, but in Miami she went to a private educational institution. The girl admitted that Miami Country Day School has very strict rules, and therefore she has to make up for all the absences.
“Here there is a severe punishment for omissions. Even if they are for a good reason. The main thing here is not just to study well, but to attend and participate in all meetings and shows,” Khudyakova admitted on Instagram.
Recently, the director's heiress admitted that she was going to move from Miami to New York, which means she would have to change schools. The reason for this is very clear - Tonya dances professionally, and the main part of the competition takes place in the Big Apple.
Perhaps the only thing Tonya loves as much as dancing is expensive clothes. Her collection of branded items is extensive, and at the same time, the 12-year-old girl never tires of adding to it. So, at one of the MUZ-TV awards, Khudyakova appeared in a Balmain dress worth 100 thousand rubles. In everyday life, the schoolgirl also prefers outfits from boutiques. She recently published a photo on Instagram in which she appeared in a Gucci dress for 24,000 rubles. Tony's stylish white sneakers cost a little more - about 26,000.
Of course, Pavel Khudyakov’s daughter loves visiting new cities and countries. The girl spent the Christmas holidays in Los Angeles in the company of her parents, as well as rapper Timati and his family. Just one business class flight from New York to the sunny city cost Tony’s parents 100 thousand rubles per passenger. During the holidays, the schoolgirl prefers to spend time on the beaches, as well as play sports and go on yacht trips. Another favorite vacation spot for Tony is the Cote d'Azur. In the summer of 2018, she spent several weeks in Saint-Tropez with her parents and younger brothers. Renting a luxury villa on the seashore cost the family approximately 250,000 rubles per day. Khudyakova spent her free time on beaches and in restaurants with longtime family friend Alexander Kokorin.
early years
Pavel Khudyakov was born on December 18, 1983 in the family of Soviet screenwriter and director Konstantin Pavlovich Khudyakov and his wife, a costume designer and loyal colleague. At one time, Khudyakov Sr. worked with such iconic figures as Leonid Filatov, Alisa Freundlikh and Oleg Basilashvili.
Pavel Khudyakov with his parents as a child
The creative atmosphere that reigns in the family, according to Pavel himself, left him no other choice and, having graduated from school as an external student at the age of 15, he, of course, decided to connect his life with cinema, enrolling in the cinematography course at GITR.
Upbringing, education and the living example of his father, who put professionalism and freedom of expression above all else, formed the basic principles that Pavel tried to follow in all his works, be it a commercial or a full-length film. The young specialist’s first video work was an advertisement for a Reton washing machine for a TV store.
Pavel Khudyakov in his youth
It was during his studies, in 2001, that the third-year student tried himself as a video director and shot a video for the song “Close the Door Behind You,” performed by the singer Deema. His attempt at writing largely determined the future of Pavel Konstantinovich, and he decided to continue his education at the directing department of VGIK.
Pavel Khudyakov in his youth with his wife
According to Pavel, although his father was the chairman of the VGIK certification commission, he did not help his son. “If you are good at your profession, you can handle it yourself,” Konstantin said then.
Plot
You could say it became autobiographical. After all, the main character Alexey, like Pavel in his youth, works as a screenwriter for commercials. But only Khudyakov was able to sell Retona washing machines with the help of his video. But Alexey fails to cope with the task, and he is fired. Then the unfortunate copywriter meets Snoop Dogg, who played a cameo role in the film. He hands Alexey a magical laptop. You need to go to the Odnoklassniki social network from it, update your status - and any wish will be fulfilled. The main character will have to take revenge on the evil boss (Fyodor Bondarchuk), find his place in life and meet his own love in the person of Cornelia Polyak.
The beginning of a creative career
The director calls the starting point of his activity the formation of the HOODYAKOV Production studio, which he created in the early 2000s. Among Khudyakov’s first works as both a director and producer is a video for the popular composition “What If If” by Swedish musician Stefan Olsson, known under the stage name Bosson. Pavel Khudyakov's first video for a Swedish musician In the period 2007-2009, video clips for songs by Dima Bilan, rapper Legalize, Stas Piekha, Zhanna Friske, Nikolai Baskov, Timati and other Russian pop stars were born in the studio. By the age of 25, he had won the unofficial status of the most fashionable music video director in the country. His works could be identified by their “trademark” features: elite locations like Los Angeles and the Cote d'Azur, tanned girls with model appearance, luxury cars and tipsy representatives of the golden youth, hung with gold jewelry.
Pavel Khudyakov on the set of the DJ Smash video “Wave”
From his very first works, Pavel managed to establish himself as a professional and brilliant stylist, and three Muz-TV awards in a row (from 2010 to 2012) confirmed the talent of the young video director.
Debut in big cinema
Pavel had the idea to shoot a full-fledged film back in 2010, but it took the director several years to bring it to life. Pavel wrote the script for the comedy “Odnoklassniki.ru: Get lucky” together with the star ex-participant of the Comedy Club project, a showman who emigrated to the USA, Tair Mamedov, and the roles were played by Cornelia Polyak, Pyotr Fedorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Alexander Revva.
Pavel Khudyakov on the set of the film “Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK your luck”
The plot contains autobiographical motifs, for example, the main character also shoots commercials, however, unlike Khudyakov, they do not find a response, and the guy is fired. However, judging by the low ratings from viewers, they did not agree with the second part of this statement. Perhaps this is why Odnoklassniki is so far the only full-length film in Pavel Khudyakov’s creative collection.
Participation in the filming of Timati and his foreign colleague Snoop Dogg, who also participated in the advertising campaign of the film and registered a page in Odnoklassniki, also added to the popularity of the film. After filming the film, the head of the Black Star label became a good friend of Khudyakov.
Pavel Khudyakov and Snoop Dogg
13-year-old Tonya Khudyakova talks about relationships with guys, jealousy and problems at school
The daughter of a star video director dances at a professional level. Tonya Khudyakova admits that she cannot imagine her life without what she loves, although she has to train hard for several hours a day.
Tonya Khudyakova
The heiress of Pavel Khudyakov is a world champion in ballroom dancing. She won this title at the end of last year in Dublin, where she went to compete under the American flag, since she now lives and studies in the USA.
According to the girl, she has to train four hours a day. Such a busy schedule makes it practically impossible to communicate with friends.
“Those who could not accept this somehow “fell off” themselves, but close people remained, and neither the lack of time nor the ocean between us will change our relationship,” says Tonya.
Khudyakova has a permanent dance partner - Marcel. Photos with this handsome young man often appear on her Instagram. As the champion says, it is difficult for her to date someone, since her chosen ones do not like the fact that she spends a lot of time with another boy.
“Everyone is jealous of their partner. It is unbearable. They constantly ask me to be present at training sessions to make sure that no one bothers me again. I just imagine bringing a young man to training and saying: “This is my guy. He is jealous. Therefore, he will sit in the hall.” It’s just funny,” Khudyakova shared.
Dance training, costumes and trips to competitions cost her family a lot of money. “The Federation does not always pay athletes these expenses. It’s easier for me, our couple has sponsors, and they cover everything, but many talented couples simply simply cannot fly to the competition. I think this is very unfair. And adult couples, professionals with titles, cannot earn like champions in other sports - tennis or basketball, for example. They are not signed to major advertising contracts, nor are they offered large salaries. Of course, none of this matters to them. These are completely different people. But I still think that this is very unfair, they work no less, and even much more, than in other sports. I would like to grow up and change all this,” Tonya noted.
Khudyakova has to miss school because of training, and teachers don’t like it. “In Moscow, teachers are always supportive, in America it’s different. When I won the American Championship, they were all kind of proud, they published about me in the newspaper, held dinners in my honor, and so on. But at the same time they made it clear: they say, yes, you are a champion, this is cool, but you can’t dance for the school, so there’s no point in you, and no concessions: you can’t be absent, you have to turn in everything on time, no delays,” said Khudyakova.
Timati's speech and a multi-tiered cake: how Pavel Khudyakov's daughter celebrated her birthday
Almost 400 thousand people follow Khudyakova’s life on the social network. The girl shares footage from private planes and private parties. Many envy her outfits, gifts and travels, but Tonya herself does not boast about it.
“I’m just visible,” the girl says about her popularity.
By the way, it was dance partner Marcel who went out with Khudyakova at the last Tatler Debutante Ball. Many then thought that Tonya had brought her boyfriend.
Further career
One of the most beautiful, as well as the most expensive, videos of Khudyakov is considered to be the video for the song of the golden child of Russian show business, as Timati is often called in the media, “At the End of the Earth.” The already familiar kaleidoscope of snow-white yachts, luxury cars, sunny landscapes of Monaco and beautiful girls was doomed to success.
Pavel Khudyakov and Timati have been collaborating closely for a long time
A video for Dan Balan’s song “Freedom” was shot in a similar beach-glossy style. However, Khudyakov mainly emphasized the aesthetics of the metropolis, and his preferences were reflected in the videos for the song “You’re near” (Zhanna Friske and Dzhigan), “London” (Timati and Grigory Leps), “Find me” (Sergey Lazarev), “GTO” (Timati and L`One) and “I am a star” (Artur Pirozhkov), “I like” and “Millions of scarlet roses” (Egor Creed). Pavel Khudyakov’s video for Yegor Creed “A Million Scarlet Roses” Pavel shot a number of commercials for the cellular operator Megafon, in particular, a video with Ivan Urgant in a snowy Moscow landscape and a video with Fyodor Bondarchuk, parodying the blockbuster genre.
Personal life of Pavel Khudyakov
In 2003, Pavel married a young Muscovite, Cornelia Polyak, whom he had met a year earlier in one of the capital’s cafes. Cornelia was a student at VGIK; soon after her marriage, she gave birth to a daughter, Tonya, and then a son, who was named Mark. According to some reports, Pavel has an eldest son from his previous relationship - Sergei. Paul says the following about his main life goal: “To raise children to be decent people.”
Pavel Khudyakov and his wife Cornelia Polyak
Tonya is a young and very popular Instagram blogger. Pavel spares no expense for its comprehensive development. The girl studied in two private schools: in Moscow and Miami, relaxes on the beaches of the Cote d'Azur and has the opportunity to visit all the best museums in the world. In an interview with TATLER, the girl admitted that she sincerely admires her father’s video clips and also dreams of becoming a director.
Pavel Khudyakov with children
On two chairs
Like the named heroine, Tonya receives an excellent education and loves to dress up. The girl lives in 2 countries - Russia and the USA. Antonina is taken to classes both in Moscow and at school in Miami by a premium car (the girl is driven by a driver). Antonina is an incredible fashionista, which is why she devotes no less time to her school wardrobe than to studying painting, cramming mathematics and reading assigned literature.
Khudyakova’s school uniform includes a backpack from the famous French brand Chanel, which costs about 150 thousand rubles (Tony has several of them). Most often, Antonina chooses a white Gucci blouse, which costs over 70 thousand rubles. In general, Khudyakov prefers both the school jacket and the skirt to the Gucci brand. In the star daughter's wardrobe you can also find bags from Dior, Hermès, and Valentino.
Tonya Khudyakova attended the Muz TV channel awards with her mom and dad. For the “green” carpet, the “platinum princess” set her eyes on a special dress, namely produced by the famous brand Balmain, the cost of which varies from 100 thousand rubles.
Pavel Khudyakov now
At the beginning of 2020, the master shot a video clip for Yegor Creed’s song “The Time Hasn’t Come,” in which actress Tatyana Babenkova played, and in May he released a video for Timati and Nazima’s composition “You Can’t.” Timati and Nazima’s video “You can’t”, directed by Pavel Khudyakov The premiere of the video for the song of the brilliant king of pop Philip Kirkorov “The embarrassment is gone”, which took place in the summer of 2020, caused a lot of noise in the media and social networks. Very few Russians appreciated the humorous message of the video and the subtle irony of director Zaur Zaseev, who is part of Khudyakov’s creative company. Pavel Konstantinovich himself acted as a producer and was directly involved in the work on the video, which received more than a million views in the first 24 hours after its release.
Clips
At first, Pavel Khudyakov shot only commercials (the first was a video for “Shop on the Sofa” about a washing machine). The young man got his hands on them and switched to clips. After a video with rapper Deema, Pavel gained some fame. Timati drew attention to the young music video director and exchanged business cards with him. Now the rapper has become a close friend and regular client of Pavel. Their first collaboration was a video for the song “Groove On”. Snoop Dogg also stars in the video. At the premiere, there was a pause after the final credits, and then the audience burst into thunderous applause.
In the video itself, Timati portrays a poker player exposing a major mafioso. Chips are constantly moving on the table. Sometimes they fly up, showing the inscription “Khudyakov Production” (Pavel’s company). And everything that happens around is recorded on a camera by a scout, played by Yulia Milner. The girl is the wife of uncle Pavel Khudyakov. This is the well-known co-owner of Facebook, Yuri Milner.
