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name: "Nikita Mikhalkov"
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imdb_id: "nm0586482"
tmdb_id: 82796
wikidata_id: "Q55207"
roles: []
born: "21 October 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
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# Nikita Mikhalkov

## Identity

Nikita Mikhalkov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nikita-mikhalkov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nikita-mikhalkov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0586482
- **TMDB ID:** 82796
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55207
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Mikhalkov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82796

Director. Born 21 October 1945 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia).

## Details

- **Born:** 21 October 1945, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
- **Also known as:** Nikita Michalkov, Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov, Nikita Sergueïevitch Mikhalkov, Н. Михалков, N. Mikhalkov, Никита Сергеевич Михалков, Nikita Sergejewitsch Michalkow, Nikita Michalkow
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Mikhalkov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82796

## Coming up

- *Rise of the Empire* (2026-10-29), Producer
- *Queen of France* (2027-02-11), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Red and the White*](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Moscow on 21 October 1945, he began his career as an actor, appearing in films including *The Red and the White* (1967). He studied acting at the Shchukin School and later directing at VGIK.

Mikhalkov made his directorial debut with *At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own* (1974). His subsequent films include *An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano* (1977), *Oblomov* (1980), *Dark Eyes* (1987), *Close to Eden* (1991), *Burnt by the Sun* (1994) and *The Barber of Siberia* (1998). He has also directed *12* (2007) and sequels to *Burnt by the Sun*.

He is the son of writer Sergey Mikhalkov and the brother of director Andrei Konchalovsky. Mikhalkov has received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for *Burnt by the Sun*, the Golden Lion at Venice for *Close to Eden*, and multiple Russian state awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Red and the White* (1967), Fi1m 78, as White Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md)

## Complete filmography (129)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Queen of France* (2027), Producer
- *Rise of the Empire* (2026), Producer
- *The Tale of Fairy Tales* (2026), Producer
- *Nikita Mikhalkov. Method* (2025), Actor
- *Kraken* (2025), Producer
- *Not Like Dad 2: Granddad* (2025), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Poet* (2025), Producer
- *The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I* (2025), Producer
- *The Bremen Town Musicians* (2024), Producer
- *Tzadik* (2023), Producer
- *The Film That Went Wrong* (2022), Screenstory
- *The World Champion* (2021), Producer
- *White Whale* (2021), Producer
- *Couple From The Future* (2021), Producer
- *Fire* (2020), Producer
- *Silver Skates* (2020), Producer
- *Streltsov* (2020), Producer
- *T-34* (2018), Producer
- *The Coach* (2018), Producer
- *Dovlatov* (2018), Thanks
- *Three Seconds* (2017), Producer
- *Viking* (2016), Producer
- *Flight Crew* (2016), Producer
- *The Soul of a Spy* (2015), Producer
- *Sunstroke* (2014), Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Iron Ivan* (2014), Producer
- *Who Is This Kusturica?* (2013), Actor
- *Legend No. 17* (2013), Producer
- *Anna Karenina* (2013), series, Producer
- *После школы* (2012), series, as cameo
- *The Spy* (2012), Producer
- *The Spy* (2012), series, Producer
- *Burnt by the Sun 2* (2011), series, as Сергей Петрович Котов - бывший комдив · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Creator
- *Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel* (2011), as Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus* (2010), as Sergei Petrovich Kotov · Writer, Director, Producer
- *Roadside House* (2010), Producer
- *The Book of Masters* (2009), Producer
- *Anna Karenina* (2009), Producer
- *1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time* (2007), Producer
- *12* (2007), as juror #2 · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Fat Stupid Rabbit* (2007), as Nikita Sergeyevich
- *The Turkish Gambit* (2006), series, Producer
- *Quiet Flows The Don* (2006), as narrator (voice)
- *It Doesn't Hurt Me* (2006), as Sergei Sergeyevich
- *The State Counsellor* (2005), series, as Gleb Georgievich Pozharskiy · General Manager, Production Director, Producer
- *Dead Man's Bluff* (2005), as Сергей Михайлович (Михалыч)
- *The State Counsellor* (2005), as Count Pozharsky · Producer
- *The Fall of the Empire* (2005), series, Producer
- *Persona non grata* (2005), as Oleg · Producer
- *The Turkish Gambit* (2005), Producer
- *General Kozhugetych* (2005), Director, Writer, Producer
- *72 Meters* (2004), series, Producer
- *72 Meters* (2004), Producer
- *Mother* (2003), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Passion for Russia* (2003), Producer
- *Russians Without Russia* (2003), series, Director, Writer, Producer
- *Father* (2003), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Azazel* (2002), Producer
- *Azazel* (2002), series, Producer
- *The Fifth Corner* (2001), series, Producer
- *Tender Age* (2000), Producer
- *Still Waters* (2000), Producer
- *Memories of Sherlock Holmes* (2000), series, as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *Belief, Hope and Blood* (2000), Actor
- *«The Barber of Siberia». How Did We Raise This* (2000), Producer
- *Stop on Demand* (2000), series, Producer
- *Stop* (1999), Producer
- *The Barber of Siberia* (1998), as Imperator Aleksandr III · Director, Writer, Producer, Idea
- *Revizorro* (1996), as Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor
- *The Russian Idea* (1996), Producer
- *A Sentimental Trip to My Homeland. Music of Russian Painting* (1995), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Requiem of the Great Victory* (1995), Director, Producer
- *Burnt by the Sun* (1994), as Sergey · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Dialogue
- *Anna* (1993), Director, Writer, Producer
- *To Remember* (1993), series, as Narrator
- *Beautiful Stranger* (1993), as Pułkownik
- *The King of Ads, Part 2* (1993), Director
- *Stalin* (1992), Producer
- *Close to Eden* (1991), as cyclist on the street of chinese city (uncredited) · Director, Idea, Writer
- *Auto Stop* (1991), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Russia House* (1990), Producer
- *Humiliated and Insulted* (1990), as Prince Valkovky
- *Aurora Borealis* (1990), as Reginyov
- *The Lonely Hunter* (1989), Screenplay
- *My Favorite Clown* (1987), Screenplay
- *Dark Eyes* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Ruthless Romance* (1984), as Paratov
- *250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament* (1983), as Max Sjöman
- *Without Witness* (1983), Director, Writer
- *Station for Two* (1983), as Andrey
- *Flights in Dreams and in Reality* (1983), as The Director
- *Two Voices* (1982), Actor
- *Traffic Officer* (1982), as Valentin Pavlovich Trunov
- *Portrait of the Artist's Wife* (1982), as Boris Petrovich
- *Kin* (1982), as waiter · Director
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2* (1981), as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1* (1981), as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1981), as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1981), series, as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *Oblomov* (1980), as episode (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson* (1980), series, as Sir Henry Baskerville
- *Siberiade* (1979), as Aleksei Ustyuzhanin · Producer
- *Five Evenings* (1979), Director, Writer
- *Hatred* (1978), Writer
- *An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano* (1977), as Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky · Director, Writer
- *Trans-Siberian Express* (1977), Writer
- *A Slave of Love* (1976), as Ivan · Director
- *At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own* (1974), as Esaul · Director, Writer
- *The Station Master* (1972), Actor
- *The Risk* (1971), Writer
- *A Quiet Day at the End of the War* (1970), Director
- *Sport, Sport, Sport* (1970), Actor
- *The Red Tent* (1969), as Boris Chukhnovskiy
- *The Song of Manshuk* (1969), as Valeri Yezhov
- *A Nest of Gentry* (1969), as Prince Nelidov
- *…And I'm Going Home* (1968), Director, Writer
- *The Red and the White* (1967), as White Officer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md)
- *Not the Most Lucky Day* (1967), as Nikita
- *Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes* (1967), Director
- *A Girl and Things* (1967), Director
- *A Joke* (1966), as Nágyenka udvarlója
- *Roll Call* (1966), Actor
- *Year as Long as Life* (1965), as Jules
- *Walking the Streets of Moscow* (1964), as Kolka
- *Fuse* (1962), series, Director
- *Adventures of Krosh* (1961), as Vadim
- *Clouds Over Borsk* (1961), Actor
- *The Sun Shines to Everyone* (1959), Actor
- *The Snow Queen*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union, three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, full Cav (1991)](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-aac6db58aab3.jpg) Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union, three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, full Cav (1991) — Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MikhalkovNS.jpg/1280px-MikhalkovNS.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Кинорежиссёр Никита Михалков в ходе заседания Совета по культуре (в режиме видеоконференции). Фото: Сергей Фадеичев, ТАСС (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-554182048a77.jpg) Кинорежиссёр Никита Михалков в ходе заседания Совета по культуре (в режиме видеоконференции). Фото: Сергей Фадеичев, ТАСС (2026) — kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Council_of_Culture_%282026-03-25%29_07.jpg/1280px-Council_of_Culture_%282026-03-25%29_07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Как идут ремонтно-реставрационные работы в Центре театра и кино на Поварской](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-3c8b15e4e8a8.jpg) Как идут ремонтно-реставрационные работы в Центре театра и кино на Поварской — Владимир Новиков, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Masterskaya_12_in_May_2023_08.jpg/1280px-Masterskaya_12_in_May_2023_08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Президент XXIV Московского международного кинофестиваля Н.С. Михалков у кинотеатра «Пушкинский» перед началом торжественной церемонии открытия фестиваля. Фото Р (2002)](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-ecdf42bd32e1.jpg) Президент XXIV Московского международного кинофестиваля Н.С. Михалков у кинотеатра «Пушкинский» перед началом торжественной церемонии открытия фестиваля. Фото Р (2002) — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nikita_Mikhalkov_on_opening_ceremony_of_MIFF-2002.jpg/1280px-Nikita_Mikhalkov_on_opening_ceremony_of_MIFF-2002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikita Mikhalkov](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-5243278a4f18.jpg) Nikita Mikhalkov — Image via TMDB
- ![Nikita Mikhalkov](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-bb2570509860.jpg) Nikita Mikhalkov — Image via TMDB
- ![Nikita Mikhalkov](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-701a704a8e52.jpg) Nikita Mikhalkov — Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Mikhalkov_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Кинорежиссёр Никита Михалков на главной сцене Книжного фестиваля «Красная площадь» – 2024. «Мастерская „12“ Никиты Михалкова» представила сцены из спектакля-кон](https://film.one/media/person/3913151/gallery-b016d044c638.jpg) Кинорежиссёр Никита Михалков на главной сцене Книжного фестиваля «Красная площадь» – 2024. «Мастерская „12“ Никиты Михалкова» представила сцены из спектакля-кон — Masha.Kondrasheva, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Nikita_Mikhalkov_in_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Academy Awards (won)

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1994: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (won), for *Burnt by the Sun*

### Venice Film Festival — 2 won

- 2007: Lifetime Achievement (won)
- 1991: Golden Lion (won)

### Other awards — 27 won

- Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called 2025: Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (won)
- Golden Mask 2024: Golden Mask (won)
- Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation 2020: Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (won)
- Government Prize in Culture 2019: Government Prize in Culture (won)
- Friendship Order 2015: Friendship Order (won)
- Golden Eagle Awards 2015: Golden Eagle Awards (won)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class 2015: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (won)
- Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2015: Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (won)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class 2010: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (won)
- TEFI 2006: TEFI (won)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class 2005: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (won)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2004: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation 1999: State Prize of the Russian Federation (won)
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude 1996: Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (won)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class 1995: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (won)
- Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour 1995: Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour (won)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation 1995: State Prize of the Russian Federation (won)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour 1994: Commander of the Legion of Honour (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 1993: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Close to Eden*
- Nika Award 1993: Nika Award (won)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation 1993: State Prize of the Russian Federation (won)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour 1992: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Viareggio-Versilia International Prize 1988: Viareggio-Versilia International Prize (won)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR 1984: People's Artist of the RSFSR (won)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize 1978: Lenin Komsomol Prize (won)
- Golden Shell 1977: Golden Shell (won)
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR 1976: Honored Artist of the RSFSR (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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