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(Biography, Filmography as Director, Filmography as Actor)

BIOGRAPHY

Nikita Mikhalkov, who wrote, directed and played the lead role of Serguei in "Burnt by the Sun," was born in Moscow in 1945 into a distinguished artistic family.

His great grandfather, Vassily Surnikov and his grandfather, Pyotr Konchalovsky, were both acclaimed painters, his father, Sergei Mikhalkov, is a well known writer of children's literature (he also wrote the lyrics to the Soviet national anthem), his mother, Natalkia, is a poet, and his older brother is the filmmaker Andrei (Mikhalkov-)Konchalovsky ("Siberiade," "Maria's Lovers," "Runaway Train,""Shy People")

Mikhalkov studied acting at the children's studio of the Stanislavsky Theatre and later at the Chuksin School of the Vakhtangov Theatre.

While still a student, he apppeared in Georgy Danelia's film "I Walk in Moscow" (1964) and his brother Andrei Konchalovsky's film "A Nest of Gentry" (1969). He was soon on his way to be