Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan (Russian: ; born March 17, 1957) is a
Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian
Federation (2009).Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of Leningrad
historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich,
natives of Belarus. He was the youngest, the fifth child in the
family. At school I was fond of reading, math and sports. After the
end of the eighth grade, he entered the Physics and Mathematics School
No. 30 on Vasilievsky Island and at the same time continued to engage
in classical wrestling. After graduation, he was admitted to the Saint
Petersburg Electrotechnical University. For several years, Dmitry
replaced several institutions, until he was admitted to the Leningrad
State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography, to the Musil
class (graduated in 1982). As a thesis work was to stage a performance
in the Alexandrinsky Theatre, however, according to Astrakhan himself,
after the artistic director of the theater learned that Astrakhan was
a Jew, they did not give the play.From 1981 to 1987 he was the
director of the Sverdlovsk theater of the young spectator. Then he
served in the army (naval aviation). He staged performances in various
theaters of Russia and abroad, trained at Tovstonogov in Leningrad.
Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian
Federation (2009).Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of Leningrad
historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich,
natives of Belarus. He was the youngest, the fifth child in the
family. At school I was fond of reading, math and sports. After the
end of the eighth grade, he entered the Physics and Mathematics School
No. 30 on Vasilievsky Island and at the same time continued to engage
in classical wrestling. After graduation, he was admitted to the Saint
Petersburg Electrotechnical University. For several years, Dmitry
replaced several institutions, until he was admitted to the Leningrad
State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography, to the Musil
class (graduated in 1982). As a thesis work was to stage a performance
in the Alexandrinsky Theatre, however, according to Astrakhan himself,
after the artistic director of the theater learned that Astrakhan was
a Jew, they did not give the play.From 1981 to 1987 he was the
director of the Sverdlovsk theater of the young spectator. Then he
served in the army (naval aviation). He staged performances in various
theaters of Russia and abroad, trained at Tovstonogov in Leningrad.
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