Andrey Myagkov worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Andrey Myagkov as Soviet and Russian actor (1938-2021).
Andrey Myagkov was born at Saint Petersburg in 1938. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Moscow Art Theatre School and Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology.
This generation broke the studio mould - lighter cameras, location shooting, and directors who claimed authorship of the finished film.
Andrey Myagkov is credited as actor, writer and painter.
His name is attached above all to famous films directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate, Office Romance, The Garage and A Cruel Romance (198. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Order of Honour (1998) and Order of Friendship (2013).
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Andrey Myagkov died in 2021, aged 83. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Order of Honour — 1998
- Order of Friendship — 2013
- Worked as actor, writer and painter
