Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (born 17 September 1939 in Baku) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova. As an actor, Vladimir Menshov has more than 100 credits. Some of the most popular films with his appearance include How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976), Where is the Nophelet? (1988), Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2006) and Legend № 17 (2013). Menshov's directorial debut took place in 1976 with the film Practical Joke. The second picture of Menshov, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears became one of Russia's box-office record holders, was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, and then the Oscar (1981) as the Best Foreign Language Film. In 1984, Menchov shot the picture Love and Pigeons based on the play of Vladimir Gurkin. Vladimir Menshov also directed films: What a Mess! (1995), The Envy of Gods (2000), The Great Waltz (2008). He wrote screenplays for films: I Serve on the Border (1973), The Night is Short (1981), What a Mess! (1995), The Great Waltz (2008), was the producer of several films, among which: Love of Evil (1998), Chinese Service (1999), Quadrille (1999), The Envy of Gods (2000), Neighbor (2004), Time to collect stones (2005), Shawls (2006), The Great Waltz (2008). In 2004, Menshov was the host of the Channel One show Last Hero. Currently Vladimir Menshov is the general director and art director of "Film Studio Genre", which is a subsidiary of Mosfilm.

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