Biography

Alexander Borisovich Kosarev (March 15, 1944 – January 19, 2013) was a Soviet-Russian film director, writer, actor, poet and lyricist. Kosarev was born on March 15, 1944, in Moscow. His father, Boris Kosarev, was a famous Soviet photographer, and the official photographer of the Government of the USSR.In 1965 he graduated from the acting department of Schepkin Theater School (combined course GITIS and VTU – teachers V. I. Tsygankov and L. A. Volkov).

He studied on the same course with Inna Churikova and Tamara Degtyaryova and auditioned with them at the Moscow Youth Theater, where he entered service after graduation.

Kosarev's first film practice was with People's Artist of the Soviet Union Grigory Alexandrov on the set of the film "Starling and Lyra". In 1973, he graduated from the directing department VGIKa (workshop of Igor Talankin). Alexander Kosarev's graduation film One Hundred Steps in the Clouds amazed Sergey Bondarchuk, who happened to be in the studio to re-record the music for the film: "Before I knew, only one film about the working class -" Height "Zarkhi… Today I saw the second film." Bondarchuk brought a talented debutant to the 1st creative association "Mosfilma" to the director N. T. Sizov with the words: "Here is a man who will make a big movie".After graduating from VGIK, Alexander Kosarev continued to make more films, attaching great importance to scripts and being a co-author of many of them. Kosarev appreciated the professionalism in his work. He almost always worked with the same film crew of cameramen, lighting, and make-up artists.

Several actors starred with Alexander Kosarev in several films, including Peter Velyaminov, Ivan Lapikov, Roman Filippov, Daniil Netrebin, Mikhail Gluzsky, and Irina Korotkova.

The director attached great importance to the music that sounded in his films. Alexander Kosarev has worked with such composers as Alexey Rybnikov, Igor Krutoy, and Yuri Antonov. Several films featured songs written to the verses of Alexander Kosarev.In 1997, Alexander Kosarev suffered a stroke, after which he could no longer return to the profession. The director died on January 19, 2013. He was buried in Moscow at Danilovskoye cemetery.