Leonid Parfyonov
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1960
- Birthplace
- Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]
Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Filmography
Russian Georgians. Part 2 2022
as himself (presentor), Producer, Screenplay
Pocket of Russia 2021
Producer, Screenplay
- Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison 2021
as self
In Qvevri Veritas 2021
Actor
- Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife 2021
Actor
- Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children 2021
Actor
Listyev. A New Look 2020
as himself
Russian Georgians. Part 1 2020
as himself (presentor), Producer, Screenplay
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948. 2017
as Himself (Presenter), Producer, Writer
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948. 2017
as Himself (Presenter), Writer, Producer
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution. 2016
as Himself (Presenter), Producer, Writer
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story 2014
as Self (uncredited)
Russia in Bloom 2013
as Himself (Host and Narrator), Producer, Writer
Eye of God 2012
as Himself (Presenter), Screenstory
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных 2012
Actor
Boris Godunov 2011
as Schelkalov
Generation P 2011
as TV Journalist
He Came to Give Us Freedom 2011
Actor
Zvorykin-Muromets 2010
as Narrator, Screenplay, Producer
Gogol the Bird 2009
as Himself (host), Writer
- And Personally Leonid Ilyich
And Personally Leonid Ilyich 2006
as Narrator, Writer, Director
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death 2005
as Self
O World, You Are a Sport! 2004
Director, Writer
Still Waters 2000
as Himself
The Age of Nabokov 1999
Actor, Writer, Director
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 1997
Actor, Screenplay
Old Songs About the Main Thing 1996
Writer
Children of the 20th Congress 1988
as Host, Writer
Credits from TMDB.