Leonid Parfyonov
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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.
Known for
Credits
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 (1997)
Actor
Boris Godunov (2011)
as Schelkalov
Still Waters (2000)
as Himself
Generation P (2011)
as TV Journalist
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014)
as Self (uncredited)
Eye of God (2012)
as Himself (Presenter)
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных (2012)
Actor
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death (2005)
as Self
Gogol the Bird (2009)
as Himself (host)
Children of the 20th Congress (1988)
as Host
In Qvevri Veritas (2021)
Actor
Russia in Bloom (2013)
as Himself (Host and Narrator)
Russian Georgians. Part 2 (2022)
as himself (presentor)
Zvorykin-Muromets (2010)
as Narrator
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948. (2017)
as Himself (Presenter)
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution. (2016)
as Himself (Presenter)
The Age of Nabokov (1999)
Actor
And Personally Leonid Ilyich (2006)
as Narrator
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948. (2017)
as Himself (Presenter)
He Came to Give Us Freedom (2011)
Actor
Listyev. A New Look (2020)
as himself
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison (2021)
as self
Russian Georgians. Part 1 (2020)
as himself (presentor)
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 (2021)
Actor