Karen Shakhnazarov

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Karen Shakhnazarov
Карен Шахназаров
Shakhnazarov in 2019
Born	Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (1952-07-08) 8 July 1952 (age 72) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1980–present
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2002) (2023)

Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter.^[1] He became the director general of Mosfilm^[2] in 1998.