Aleksandr Melnik
Illustration — Melnik in 2019 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (11 June 1958, Chervonopartyzansk – 8 September 2021) was a Russian film director.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik
Aleksandr Melnik
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- Born
- 1958 · Voznesenivka.
- Died
- 2021 · Putorana Nature Reserve.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- screenwriter · engineer · journalist · publisher · film director · film producer
- Education
- Odesa State Environmental University
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Melnik in 2019 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (11 June 1958, Chervonopartyzansk – 8 September 2021) was a Russian film director.
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Career
Career
Melnik graduated from Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, and worked for a time as a journalist and publisher. He was a member of the Guild of Russian Filmmakers. He was the father of film producer Anton Melnik.
Death
Death
Melnik died at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall (Big Irkindinsky waterfall), located in the western part of the Putorana Nature Reserve, 120 km from Norilsk, together with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev during the scouting of a filming location. Melnik slipped and fell off a cliff into the water. Zinichev died after he dove off the cliff to save Melnik, according to the ministry. Melnik's funeral service was held at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi on 11 September 2021, and he was buried later that day in the village of Afineyevo, Moscow Oblast, where he had lived.
Filmography
Filmography
• Terra Nova (Новая Земля, Novaya Zemlya): film director, screenwriter and producer • Territory (Территория, Territoriya): film director
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Aleksandr Melnik is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as screenwriter, engineer, journalist, publisher and film director.
Film director Aleksandr Melnik while filming his first feature film "Terra Nova" in 2007.
Anton Melnik 1984
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1958
Aleksandr Melnik was born on 11 June 1958.
2021
Aleksandr Melnik died at Putorana Nature Reserve.
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Voznesenivka.
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Putorana Nature Reserve.
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