Andrei Smirnov (actor)

Andrei Sergeyevich Smirnov (Russian: Андpeй Сepгeeвич Смирнов; born 12 March 1941, Moscow) is a Russian actor and film director who is known for directing the films Angel (1967), Belarus Station (1973) and Autumn (1974). He was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988.

Selected filmography

• Belorussian station (1970) as director
• Elena (2011) as actor
• Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011) as director

Honours and awards

• Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation
• Grand Prize at the I Festival of contemporary cinema in Karlovy Vary (1971) - for the film "Belorussian Station"
• For his performance as the writer Ivan Bunin in "His Wife's Diary", Smirnov won several awards:
  • Frieda B. Prize at the VI International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker" (2000)
  • Best Actor prize - Minsk International Film Festival Listapad (2000)
  • Best Actor prize - National Prize of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts (Nika Prize) (2000)
  • Best Actor prize - 7th Gatchina Festival "Literature and Cinema" (2001)
• Prize of the President of the Festival, XIX Festival in Vyborg (August 2011) - for "Window to Europe"
• Grand Prize at the 22nd Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr (June 2011)
• Nika Prize (2011) - for the film "Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman" in the "Best Screenplay" and his film named "Best Feature Film"