Stanislav Solovkin | |
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Born | Станислав Александрович Соловкин 10 January 1977 |
Education | Master's degree, journalism |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Known for | Last Hero The Amazing Race Wait for me |
Website | Soartv.tv |
Stanislav Aleksandrovich Solovkin (Russian: Станисла́в Алекса́ндрович Соло́вкин, born 10 January 1977) is a Russian journalist, director and producer.[1][2] He is best known for his work on Last Hero, Wait for me and other popular television broadcasts.[3][4][5]
Two works of Solovkin (Slave Market and Mysteries of Stalin. A Version of a Biography) were nominated for TEFI and made it to the final three.[6] As a producer he also took part in shooting the Amazing Race (CBS American television network), the popular Emmy Award-winning reality show.[7][8][9]
Stanislav Solovkin was born on January 10, 1977, in Moscow.[10][11][12]
When he was 17 years old he got a job on the program News for the Young (ORT), where he first worked as a journalist, and then story-producer and director.[10][12]
In 1996 he matriculated in the Moscow University Faculty of Journalism, from which he graduated in 2002.[10][12]
From 1996 to 1997 he was a correspondent for the weekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta.[10][13]
In 1997 Solovkin began working for the television company VID,[10][14][15][13] where over the years he was an author, screenwriter, editor, producer and director of programs such as Vzglyad, Wait for me, Make a step, Another Life, The Way That Happened[12] and many others. At that same time, he was author and director of the documentary Slave Market,[15][2][16] which was a TEFI finalist. The film received a critical acclaim.[17] Solovkin headed a TV group filming the events of the Second Chechen War.[15][4]
In the early 2000s Solovkin moved to Israel, where he worked at the Russian-language channel "Israel+".[10] He later served as deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Colour TV, and became the production manager and later co-executive producer of the show Last Hero, a Russian version of world-famous “Survivor” franchise.[16][18]
Since 2004 he has headed a number of TV companies producing programs for the Russian television.[19] As an executive producer he participated in the creation of House of Romanov, Love and Death , The Romanovs: the Last Day , Mysteries of Stalin – a Version of a Biography (program-finalist in the TEFI National Competition) and other TV shows.[6] He also produced the comedy shows Comedy on Channel One, Funny People, Umora,[20][21] Funny Pictures, the reality shows Wipe Out and Tower.[22]
Since 2008 he has collaborated with the CBS TV network (US), for which he facilitated 9 series of the program Amazing Race.[7] The program won several Emmy awards.[8]
In 2014, together with prominent producer Vladimir Kartashkov he founded the television and film production company Soar Productions.[1][23][24][25][26]
In 2015 Solovkin facilitated of an episode of the program Top Gear in St. Petersburg.[7]
in 2019 Stanislav Solovkin opened the first Russian TV company in Cuba.[27]
Stanislav Solovkin has worked on the co-production and facilitating of television programs for CBS, BBC, Discovery, Channel 7 Australia, Travel Channel, Sci-Fi and others.[33] including: