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Nikita Vysotsky: biography

Nikita Vysotsky is an actor, director, screenwriter of Russian theater and cinema, author of the film about Vladimir Vysotsky “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive".

Actor Nikita Vysotsky

Nikita was born on August 8, 1964 in the capital of the USSR. His parents - Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky and Lyudmila Vladimirovna Abramova - were not married at that time, but the eldest son Arkady, born in 1962, was already growing up in the family. Vladimir Vysotsky at that time was still married to Iza Vysotskaya, but had not lived with her for a long time. In the year of the birth of his second son, Vladimir was just beginning to serve at the Taganka Theater and create his first songs for films. In July 1965, Vladimir and Lyudmila formalized their relationship, but before they had even lived five years under the same roof, they divorced. The children remained with their mother.

Nikita Vysotsky with his brother and mother

Vladimir Vysotsky occasionally visited his sons with gifts: he bought toy soldiers, cars, bicycles. But he did not experience strong paternal affection due to being very busy with what he loved. When Nikita was already a teenager, Vladimir Semenovich brought him to the theater for a production of Hamlet, where he played the main role.

Nikita Vysotsky in his youth

His father’s work impressed Nikita, and he decided to connect his own life with theatrical art. When the boy turned 16, his father died suddenly of a heart attack. The tragedy forced Nikita to grow up overnight; the young man saw many things in life with a new perspective.

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Childhood and family

Arkady Vladimirovich Vysotsky was born on November 29, 1962 in Moscow. Arkady's father is the famous Soviet musician, actor and poet Vladimir Vysotsky. Mother - Lyudmila Abramova, Soviet actress and screenwriter.

Arkady Vysotsky in childhood with his parents

Arkady has a younger brother, Nikita (born 1964), an actor, director, screenwriter, and cultural director. Arkady also has a half-sister, Serafima Ovcharenko (born 1973), and a half-sister, Anastasia Ivanenko (born 1972), the illegitimate daughter of Vysotsky and actress Tatyana Ivanenko.

Arkady in childhood with his father Vladimir Vysotsky

Arkady's parents began to live separately when Arkady was about 6 years old, and in 1970 Vladimir and Lyudmila divorced. Subsequently, Arkady's mother married for the second time to engineer Yuri Ovcharenko, with whom she lived a long, happy life.

Arkady Vysotsky with his brother Nikita in childhood

Arkady attended a physics and mathematics school, was interested in astronomy, loved going to the planetarium, but did not like the theater. After graduating from school, Vysotsky Jr. worked for two years in the mines, where he was invited by his father’s friend Vadim Tumanov. Now Arkady remembers this period as one of the happiest in his life.

Arkady Vysotsky in his youth and now

Upon returning to his hometown, Arkady entered VGIK, the screenwriting department. Among his classmates were Roman Kachanov and Renata Litvinova.

However, in those days, the position of a screenwriter was not the most in demand, and in order to feed his family, Vysotsky had to work part-time in the Rescue Service and work as a taxi driver in his free time. However, quite quickly the young man found work on television, becoming a screenwriter for Lev Novozhenov’s program “Vremechko”, and later an editor in Vladimir Pozner’s team, and also taught at VGIK.

Theater

After school, Vysotsky Jr. did not immediately enter a theater university. In order not to waste time, the young man got a job as a factory worker. A year later, Nikita became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School in the workshop of Andrei Myagkov. From his youth, Mikhail Efremov, also born into a star family, became a great friend for Vysotsky.

Nikita Vysotsky

Television activities and scripts

Vysotsky mastered many working specialties. He stood at the hydraulic control panel, worked as a welder and driver. He had the opportunity to live with strong and courageous people. They even built their home with their own hands.

After two years of mining work, a craving for art awakened. On his first attempt, Arkady entered the Faculty of Orthodox Scriptwriters at VGIK. Renata Litvinova and Roman Kachanov studied with him in Paramonova’s workshop.

After completing his education, the graduate faced difficulties: it was impossible to find a job in his field. For some time, Vysotsky worked as a taxi driver. However, he did not stay behind the wheel for long, as he received an offer to work on television.

He worked in Vremechka for Lev Novozhenov, created stories and worked as an editor for Vladimir Pozner. He started filming. As a performer, Vysotsky starred in several films. The most famous of them were “Alien White and Pockmarked”, “Green Fire of the Goat”, “Humble Cemetery”, “Ha-bi-assy”.

However, interest in working in front of a movie camera gradually faded. Arkady began to be much more attracted to scripts. He only occasionally took part in work as an actor. Arkady Vladimirovich himself calls this period friendly filming. He wanted to become a writer.

Museum

In 1996, Nikita Vysotsky headed the State Museum named after Vladimir Vysotsky, whose building has been located on Taganka since 1992. A year later, the actor creates the Vladimir Vysotsky Foundation, which supports events and concerts held in memory of the poet.

Thanks to the work of Nikita Vladimirovich, the museum has opened three halls of the main exhibition: an exhibition dedicated to the poet’s theatrical work, a collection of personal belongings and photos of Vysotsky, a reconstruction of Vladimir Semenovich’s office from an apartment on Malaya Gruzinskaya Street. In addition to the exhibition halls, the house-museum also has an art gallery, which hosts events dedicated to the memory of the poet, an auditorium for concerts, and a reading room with a library.

Nikita Vysotsky and Vladimir Vysotsky

The museum often hosts performances by pop artists: Elena Kamburova, Garik Sukachev, Alexander Sklyar. Nikita Vladimirovich often takes part in musical performances. In 2011, the work of Vysotsky’s son was Fr.

Film career

Arkady has little experience in filming. Between 1986 and 1990, he appeared in small roles in four films, two of which he himself wrote the script for: the drama “Alien White and Pockmarked” (dir. Sergei Solovyov), the drama “Green Fire of the Goat” (dir. Anatoly Mateshko) and in two films by Alexander Itygilov “Humble Cemetery” and “Ha-bi-assy”.

Arkady Vysotsky in the film “Alien White and Pockmarked”

Vysotsky achieved much greater success as a screenwriter. He has more than 15 works to his credit, including several bright short films - “The Black Pit”, “On a Long Journey”, “From the Life of a Doctor”, etc. In 2000, Arkady wrote the script “Butterfly over the Herbarium”, which won the All-Russian competition for best feature film script. Two years later, director Igor Maslennikov based this script on the drama “Letters to Elsa” with Yulia Mavrina.

Among Arkady's other works: scripts for the second season of the series "Emergency" (dir. Vadim Sokolovsky, 2006), the biographical series "Father" (dir. Vasily Mishchenko, 2008), the series "Beagle" (dir. Dmitry Brusnikin, 2012), etc. .

Arkady Vysotsky achieved greater success as a screenwriter

In 2013, Vysotsky became the screenwriter of the mini-series “Flint. Liberation,” a continuation of the debut directorial work of actor Vladimir Epifantsev. The following year, Arkady acted as a co-author of the detective series “Academy,” which was presented to the viewer in February 2020 on the Domashny TV channel.

In 2020, Arkady, together with Alexander Borodyansky, director of the films “Guys from Our City” and “Shadows of Faberge,” wrote the script for the war film “Three Days Until Spring.” The film was directed by Alexander Kasatkin. The script won the Cinema Fund competition, which allowed filming to begin soon.

The film premiered in May 2020. The leading roles in the drama, which was very warmly received by critics and viewers, included Kirill Pletnev, Elena Lotova, Igor Grabuzov, Yuri Itskov and others.

Filming of the series based on the script by Arkady Vysotsky “Pure Moscow Murders”

In October 2020, the TVC channel launched Philip Korshunov’s detective series “Pure Moscow Murders,” the screenwriter of which was Vysotsky.

Movies

Nikita Vysotsky began his film career in 1987 by participating in an episode of the film “Clinic.” This was followed by a number of roles in the films “Deja Vu”, “Mousetrap”, “Nautilus”, “Ha-bi-ass”. In 1991, director Nikita Orlov entrusted Nikita Vysotsky with the main role in the action film “Ghost”.

Nikita Vysotsky in the film "Deja Vu"

The main character, Nikolai Grishaev, a former master of sports who practically drank himself to death, is forced to take revenge for the death of his own brother. The acting ensemble of the film also featured stars of Soviet cinema: Yuri Nazarov, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Rostislav Yankovsky, Nadezhda Butyrtseva.

Nikita Vysotsky in the film "Ghost"

In 1994, Roman Kachanov’s comedy “Freak” was released, in which Vysotsky played the main character - an unusual person who was born as an adult. In the late 90s, Vysotsky almost never acted, apart from a couple of episodic roles. In 2002, the actor appeared in the serial crime melodrama “Life Goes On” about the lives of students at a ballet school, where he plays the main character Pavel Kalinin.

Nikita Vysotsky in the film "Freak"

In 2004, with the participation of the actor, a comedy melodrama about the life of a failed businessman, “The Listener,” was released. In addition to Nikita Vladimirovich, the leading roles included Dmitry Dyuzhev, Mikhail Efremov, Lyubov Tolkalina. In 2008, Vysotsky appeared in the horror film “Friday. 12", and a year later - in the series "House on Ozernaya".

Nikita Vysotsky in the film “House on Ozernaya”

In 2010, the artist’s filmography was replenished with interesting work in the drama “House of the Sun,” directed by Garik Sukachev. The film was attended by movie stars: Svetlana Ivanova, Ivan Stebunov, Daria Moroz, Chulpan Khamatova. In 2013, the actor got involved in Alexander Kott’s project “World War III”, in which he played a supporting role - an employee of the Central Committee, the father of the main character.

Nikita Vysotsky in the film “House of the Sun”

A year later, Nikita Vysotsky again took part in the filming of the action movie. The new film was called “Spiral”, during the year of release the film brought the creators $1.5 million. By 2010, Nikita Vysotsky finished work on the script for the main film of his life – “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive". The actor was going to play the leading role himself, but came to the conclusion that he did not fit into the psychological portrait of Vladimir Vysotsky.

As a result, Sergei Bezrukov played the main role in the makeup. The film was attended by actors Oksana Akinshina, Andrei Smolyakov, Maxim Leonidov, Andrei Panin, Vladimir Ilyin. The drama was released on cinema screens at the end of 2011, grossing $30 million at the global box office. Two years later, the film was shown on Channel One.

Acting career and other projects

In 1989, Vysotsky Jr. played a musician in the Polish film “Deja Vu”, and in the next he appeared as Sergeant Trotter from the detective story “The Mousetrap”, commander Suzdalev from the comedy “Ha-bi-assy”.

Nikita Vysotsky is also known as an actor

In 1991, the actor, together with Vladimir Tolokonnikov, was cast in the main role in the military action film “Ghost”. To this day, many critics consider the role of drunken athlete Nikolai Grishaev, who takes revenge on the death of his twin brother, to be the best in Nikita Vysotsky’s filmography.

Nikita Vysotsky in the film "Ghost"

After the collapse of the USSR, Nikita tried to organize his own theater, but the difficult economic situation in the country did not allow his ambitious plans to come true. To support his family, he periodically acted in films and began writing scripts. Nikita Vladimirovich was also involved in productions of the Taganka Theater (the play "Vladimir Vysotsky"), the Moscow Art Theater ("A Lesson for Wives", "Maximilian the Stylite"), and the Theater of the Moon ("Old New Faust").

In 1996, thanks to his efforts, the Vysotsky House Museum appeared on Taganka, which presents a unique exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the legendary bard. Nikita Vladimirovich also created a charitable foundation, with the help of which various memorial events are held in honor of the wonderful poet and artist. Lyudmila Abramova provided great assistance in creating the museum. For more than twenty years she has been a permanent guide and archivist of the museum.

Nikita Vysotsky now

Nikita often appears in documentaries dedicated to his father. In 2011, the film “Thank You for Being Alive” was released on Russian screens, describing in detail the last year of the legendary poet’s life. The film’s script was written by Nikita Vladimirovich, who was originally planned for the main role, but “didn’t get into the character” and was replaced by the film’s director with Sergei Bezrukov. The actor coped with the task perfectly, and his unique plastic makeup made him practically a double of Vysotsky - many had no idea who was hiding under the mask.

By 2020, the actor’s filmography included more than twenty film works, including prominent roles in the films “Safety”, “House on Ozernaya”, “Tests for Real Men”, “House of the Sun” and many others. He wrote scripts for some of them, and in the series “Security,” which premiered in 2020, he made his debut as a director and played the main role - the head of the OSB, Boris Tsarev.

Since 2012, Nikita Vladimirovich has been teaching at MGUKI and staging performances in Nikolai Skorik’s theater workshop.

Personal life

Nikita Vysotsky keeps information about his own family and personal life under a veil of secrecy. It is only known that the actor got married in the mid-80s, he has three children: Semyon (born 1986), Daniil (born 1988) and a daughter.

Nikita Vysotsky in 2017

The eldest of the sons is a lawyer by training. There is no information about Nikita Vysotsky’s wife.

Personal life of Arkady Vysotsky

Unlike his younger brother, Arkady is not a media person. He hardly appears on screens, preferring to remain behind the scenes. Therefore, little is known about the screenwriter’s personal life.

Arkady Vysotsky with children

Arkady Vysotsky married three times. The last wife, with whom the screenwriter is happily married to this day, is employed as a reviewer-translator. In total he has five children. The two eldest children from their first marriage, Natalya and Vladimir, live and work with their mother in the USA. From the second marriage - son Nikita (1991), from the third - Mikhail (born 2003) and Maria (born 2004).

Nikita Vysotsky now

In 2020, Nikita Vysotsky participated in Yulia Menshova’s program “Alone with Everyone,” where he spoke about some facts from his father’s biography and about Marina Vladi. In the program, Vysotsky’s youngest son touched on the topic of relationships with Vladimir Semenovich’s last wife, a dialogue with whom all these years has not been easy. The video recording of the December 8 program can be found in the public domain on the Internet. Now Nikita Vladimirovich is preparing to celebrate Vysotsky’s 80th birthday, which will take place in 2020.

At the end of the year, Channel One is planning to premiere the detective series “Safety,” directed by Nikita Vysotsky. Starring: Kirill Pletnev, Alexandra Mareeva, Alexander Ratnikov. In 2020, a number of theatrical directorial premieres by Nikita Vysotsky took place in the workshop of Nikolai Skorik: “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and “I don’t like it when half...” based on the works of Vladimir Vysotsky.

Arkady Vysotsky - biography, photo, personal life, wife, children, height and weight, latest news 2020

Biography of Arkady Vysotsky Arkady Vysotsky is a Russian screenwriter and actor. Son of the Soviet poet and performer Vladimir Vysotsky.

In the photo: Arkady Vysotsky

Childhood and family Arkady Vladimirovich Vysotsky was born on November 29, 1962 in Moscow. Arkady's father is the famous Soviet musician, actor and poet Vladimir Vysotsky. Mother - Lyudmila Abramova, Soviet actress and screenwriter.

Arkady Vysotsky in childhood with his parents Arkady has a younger brother Nikita (born 1964), actor, director, screenwriter, director of cultural. Arkady also has a half-sister, Serafima Ovcharenko (born 1973), and a half-sister, Anastasia Ivanenko (born 1972), the illegitimate daughter of Vysotsky and actress Tatyana Ivanenko.

Arkady as a child with his father Vladimir Vysotsky Arkady's parents began to live separately when Arkady was about 6 years old, and in 1970 Vladimir and Lyudmila divorced. Subsequently, Arkady's mother married for the second time to engineer Yuri Ovcharenko, with whom she lived a long, happy life.

Arkady Vysotsky and his brother Nikita as children, Arkady attended a physics and mathematics school, was fond of astronomy, loved going to the planetarium, but did not like the theater. After graduating from school, Vysotsky Jr. worked for two years in the mines, where he was invited by his father’s friend Vadim Tumanov. Now Arkady remembers this period as one of the happiest in his life.

Arkady Vysotsky in his youth and now Upon returning to his hometown, Arkady entered VGIK, the screenwriting department. Among his classmates were Roman Kachanov and Renata Litvinova.

I decided to enroll in VGIK completely by accident. And he did it himself. I always liked to write, compose, invent people’s stories... But I never aspired to popularity.

Career in cinematography Arkady has little experience in filming. Between 1986 and 1990, he appeared in small roles in four films, two of which he himself wrote the script for: the drama “Alien White and Pockmarked” (dir. Sergei Solovyov), the drama “Green Fire of the Goat” (dir. Anatoly Mateshko) and in two films by Alexander Itygilov “Humble Cemetery” and “Ha-bi-assy”.

Arkady Vysotsky in the film “Alien White and Pockmarked” Vysotsky achieved much greater success as a screenwriter. He has more than 15 works to his credit, including several bright short films - “The Black Pit”, “On a Long Journey”, “From the Life of a Doctor”, etc. In 2000, Arkady wrote the script “Butterfly over the Herbarium”, which won the All-Russian competition for best feature film script. Two years later, director Igor Maslennikov based this script on the drama “Letters to Elsa” with Yulia Mavrina.

Arkady Vysotsky achieved greater success as a screenwriter. In 2013, Vysotsky became the screenwriter of the mini-series “Flint. Liberation,” a continuation of the debut directorial work of actor Vladimir Epifantsev. The following year, Arkady acted as a co-author of the detective series “Academy,” which was presented to the viewer in February 2016 on the Domashny TV channel. Film based on the script by Nikita Vysotsky “Three days until spring” (trailer) In 2020, Arkady, together with Alexander Borodyansky, director of the films “Guys from Our City” and “Shadows of Faberge”, wrote the script for the war film “Three days until spring”. The film was directed by Alexander Kasatkin. The script won the Cinema Fund competition, which allowed filming to begin soon.

The film premiered in May 2020. The leading roles in the drama, which was very warmly received by critics and viewers, included Kirill Pletnev, Elena Lotova, Igor Grabuzov, Yuri Itskov and others.

Filming of the series based on the script by Arkady Vysotsky “Pure Moscow Murders” In October 2017, the TVC channel launched the detective series by Philip Korshunov “Pure Moscow Murders”, the screenwriter of which was Vysotsky.

Personal life of Arkady Vysotsky Unlike his younger brother, Arkady is not a media person. He hardly appears on screens, preferring to remain behind the scenes. Therefore, little is known about the screenwriter’s personal life.

Arkady Vysotsky with children Arkady Vysotsky married three times. The last wife, with whom the screenwriter is happily married to this day, is employed as a reviewer-translator. In total he has five children. The two eldest children from their first marriage, Natalya and Vladimir, live and work with their mother in the USA. From the second marriage - son Nikita (1991), from the third - Mikhail (born 2003) and Maria (born 2004).