Karen Shakhnazarov

Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov Russian Карен Георгиевич Шахназаров born 8 July 1952 Krasnodar is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker producer and screenwriter He became the director general of Mosfilm in 1998 Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov a politician of Armenian descent and a Russian housewife Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist