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Good catch Pavel. Not many people know who he is, which would explain why so little hits on this photo.

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Mini biography

Russian "Spielberg" - Nikita Mikhalkov, also an Oscar winner, is the son of the communist poet Sergei Mikhalkov who wrote the lyrics of the Soviet national anthem and had strong connections to the Communist Party. Nikita Mikhalkov's mother, Natalya Konchalovskaya, was also a poet and daughter of famous painter Pyotr Konchalovsky and the great granddaughter of another great painter Vasily Surikov. And then last, but not least, Nikita Mikhalkov is the brother of Andrei Konchalovsky, also a film director who, unlike Nikita, has worked in the US.

Mikhalkov won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film "Burnt by the Sun" Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994), but is also well known as an actor, appearing in over 40 films including _Sibirskij tsiryulnik (1998)_ where he played the Russian Tsar Alexander III opposite Julia Ormond.

Mikhailkov has impressive long list of wins at Cannes, Venice, Moscow, Karlovy Vary, European Film Awards etc.

Following his Oscar win, Nikita Mikhalkov, has won a parliamentary seat in Viktor Chernomyrdin's party. He is always in the spotlight, especially in Moscow, where he lives.