Growing up in a family of actors, Fyodor was no stranger to this industry. His father, Sergey Bondarchuk, was very famous director and People's actor.Graduated from VGIK (Russian State Institute of Cinematography) in 1991. The same year he founded the producer company "Art Pictures Group" together with his friend. He produces different projects, makes music and advertising videos, works as actor and VJ on TV. Tefy-2003 awardee (Tefy is the Russian equivalent of Emmy award). Bondarchuk has received many minor awards for his music videos, too.Currently he also leads the popular show on one of the major TV Channels (CTC) about cinema world.
Fyodor Sergeevich Bondarchuk was born on May 9, 1967, in Moscow, Russia. He was brought up in a family of filmmakers, and was no stranger to this profession. His father, Sergei Bondarchuk, was an internationally acclaimed film actor and an Academy Award-winning director.From 1985 - 1987, and from 1989 - 1991 Fyodor Bondarchuk studied at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), and graduated from the class of Yuri Ozerov as a film director. At the same time he founded the production company "Art Pictures Group" together with his friend, Stepan Mikhalkov. He has been making a variety of projects, ranging from music and advertising videos to feature films. He also has been working as an actor and VJ on Russian TV. In 2003 he won TEFI Award for his work on television, and also received many other awards for his music videos and films.Fyodor Bondarchuk is a popular TV show host, his show about cinema world has been released weekly on the CTC TV in Russia. He is currently residing in Moscow, Russia.
In 1991 Fyodor Bondarchuck founded the production and advertisement company "Art Pictures Group" with Estonian Johan Saul Gross, who was his long time student and room mate at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).Fyodor directed a numerous amount of music videos and ads before he in 2006 made his first feature 9th Division, which became one of the most sold movies ever in modern Russia.
