Leonid Parfyonov
Acting · Born 1960-01-26 · age 66 · Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]
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.
Titles
Generation P
Karamora
Old Songs About the Main Thing
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
Russia in Bloom
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Boris Godunov
Gogol the Bird
Eye of God
Pocket of Russia
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
Russian Georgians. Part 1
Zvorykin-Muromets
Namedni
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
He Came to Give Us Freedom
In Qvevri Veritas
Children of the 20th Congress
The Age of Nabokov
Russian Empire
Без души
Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра
O World, You Are a Sport!
Russian Georgians. Part 2
Old Songs about the Main Thing