Born October 21, 1945 in Moscow, in a creative family.
Father – poet Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009), by the National Anthem of the USSR and Russia, mother – writer Natalia Petrovna Konchalovsky (1903-1988).
In 1959 he first starred in the film – played in an episode in the movie Basil Orda "Clouds over Bor, in 1961 – in the film Henry Oganesyan's" The Adventures of Crawshaw, and a student at the Shchukin School, in 1963 he made his debut in the film is really George Danelia "I Step Through Moscow".
In 1963-1966 he studied at the actor's office in the Drama School BV Shchukin.
In 1971 he graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (workshop Romm).
His first film (short) "… And I'm going home," he took off in 1968, and his thesis work was a picture of "quiet day at the end of war" (1970).
The first noticeable directs Nikita Mikhalkov became the film "At Home Among Strangers, Stranger Among His Own" (1974), in which he played a major role and was also a director and co-writer. This adventure film was in fact the first of the so-called "Western" in Soviet cinema. International recognition Mikhalkov brought the film "An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano" (1977), won first prize in a film festival in San Sebastian. Films "Slave of Love" (1976), "Five Evenings" (1979), "A few days of life II Oblomov "(1980)," Kindred "(1982)," Without witnesses "(1983) also loved how the audience and critics. Marcello Mastroianni, who played a major role in the film Mikhalkov's "Dark Eyes" (1987), was awarded the prize for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar – Best Actor.
In the late 80 Mikhalkov creates a unification producer, "Three-tae" (Creativity, Partnership, Trud). In 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov's painting "Urga: Territory of Love" (1992) was nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film. In 1994, Mikhalkov made at the same time as a producer, director, writer and performer starring in the film "Burnt by the Sun," won him the long-awaited Oscar and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival. Again he spoke in the same qualities on the set of his new international project "The Barber of Siberia" (in 1998), whose output is on the Russian screen took place in 1999.
As an actor starred in such films as "Siberiade" AS Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, "Railway Station for Two" and the "Cruel Romance" by Eldar Ryazanov, "The Insulted and Injured" Andrei Eshpai, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Hound of the Baskervilles "by Igor Maslennikov, and many others. In recent years, played a vibrant role in the films "State Councillor Philip Jankowski," Dead Man's Bluff "by Aleksei Balabanov and" Persona non grata "by Krzysztof Zanussi.
In 2003, Nikita Mikhalkov, is actively involved in the documentary publicist. Together with the TV channel "Russia" issued a series of programs on whiteguards entitled "Nikita Mikhalkov. Russian choice ". In the same year came two documentary films "Father" and "Mama" to mark the 90 th anniversary SV Mikhalkov and the 100 th anniversary of NP Konchalovsky.
President of the Russian Cultural Foundation (1993).
Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
Member of the Presidential Culture and Arts.
President of the Moscow International Film Festival.
Head of the studio "thumbnail Hitch," where during the past 20 years shooting all his movies.
People's Artist of Russia (1984).
Nikita Mikhalkov, has been married twice. He has four children. Sons: Stepan (from his marriage to actress Anastasia Vertinskaya) and Artem.Daughters: Ann and Hope.
Prizes and awards:
Creativity Nikita Mikhalkov crowned by many awards:
"The prize for Best Director" for 1984.
The main prize of the Venice Film Festival for 1991.
Award Kinotavr in the category "Top Prize" by the rating for 1992.
Award "Nika" in the category "Best Director" for 1992.
Prize "Felix" in the "Best Film" in 1993.
Oscar for Best Foreign Film for 1994.
Medal Khanzhonkov in the nomination "Kinosobytie the Year" for the organization of XXI Moscow International Film Festival (1999).
State Prize of Russia in the field of literature and art (2000, for the film "The Barber of Siberia").
Prize XVI JWC Kinotavr "For personal contribution to the development of cinema."
Award "Golden Eagle" for Best Actor in 2006 ("State Councillor).
He – a full knight of the Legion of Honor (1992),
Commander of the Legion of Honor (gold star with emeralds and a ribbon around his neck) "Contribution to World Culture" (1994, France), awarded the Order of Merit "III degree (1995), the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh I grade the Russian Orthodox Church (1997 ), etc.
Prize Akira Kurasavy $ 50 thousand dollars in the 21-th International Film Festival in Tokyo.