Yuri Mamin

Directing

Yuri Mamin

Born

1946-05-08 (80)

Place of birth

Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

39 titles

Yuri Borisovich Mamin (Russian: Юрий Борисович Мамин; born 8 May, 1946; Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, stage director, screenwriter, composer, actor, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia. His Buddhist-themed film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" (2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers. Yuri Mamin is the only person in Russia to have won the Chaplin's Golden Cane award. The award was presented by Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona Chaplin, at the festival marking 100 years since the birth of the great comedian. The festival …

Known for

To Remember poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

To Remember

1993

Sancho From the Ranch poster
8.0

The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", curated by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two guises at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen an ordinary Russian family is watching them with excitement – grandmother and grandfather, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be watching themselves.

Sancho From the Ranch

1997

Neptune's Feast poster
6.7

A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

Neptune's Feast

1986

Window to Paris poster
6.3

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

The Fountain poster
5.8

A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

The Fountain

1988

I Wish You poster
7.0

Boris Petrovich, a modest employee of the registry office, selflessly and creatively in love with his work. All his life he wishes his fellow countrymen health, happiness, good luck on days of celebrations, comforts them in days of sorrow, but remains a kind eccentric for everyone, giving many reasons for jokes and bullying. But three times in a row his evil wishes come true, accidentally dropped from his lips, and Boris Petrovich begins to be feared and respected.

I Wish You

1982

Film credits

1990s · 5 titles

Window to Paris poster
6.3

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

Wedding Kisses poster
8.0

While the bride is late for the wedding, the guests tell various marriage stories, which confuse the groom.

Wedding Kisses

1998

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich! poster
NR

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

1997

Sideburns poster
6.2

A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town...

Sideburns

1990

No artwork available
NR

The pop opera "Eugene Onegin" is an attempt by the authors to "kill two birds with one stone" - A.S. Pushkin and P.I. Tchaikovsky, making their works accessible to the widest audience.

Eugene Onegin

1997

Series credits

To Remember poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

To Remember

1993

Sancho From the Ranch poster
8.0

The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", curated by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two guises at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen an ordinary Russian family is watching them with excitement – grandmother and grandfather, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be watching themselves.

Sancho From the Ranch

1997

No artwork available
NR

Continuation of the author's program (From Forte to Piano) by director Yuri Mamin and composer Alexey Zalivalov.

Chameleon

1997

No artwork available
NR

The author's musical and humorous program of the film director Yuri Mamin and composer Alexey Zalivalov.

From Forte to Piano...

1995

No artwork available
NR

Yuri Mamin's weekly author's program (aired in 1999 on the RTR channel).

Observatory

1999

No artwork available
NR

The satirical magazine by director Yuri mamin.

Fragments

2010

No artwork available
NR

In 2009-2012, Yuri Mamin was the author and presenter of the educational TV program "House of Culture" on the STO channel (Russia), where he spoke in defense of civil rights, in defense of the values of world culture and in defense of nature and animals subjected to arbitrary extermination by hunters and poachers in Russia, by the barbaric laws of Russian officials.

House of Culture

2009

Behind the camera

Neptune's Feast poster
6.7

A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

Neptune's Feast

1986

Window to Paris poster
6.3

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

Window to Paris poster
6.3

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

The Fountain poster
5.8

A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

The Fountain

1988

I Wish You poster
7.0

Boris Petrovich, a modest employee of the registry office, selflessly and creatively in love with his work. All his life he wishes his fellow countrymen health, happiness, good luck on days of celebrations, comforts them in days of sorrow, but remains a kind eccentric for everyone, giving many reasons for jokes and bullying. But three times in a row his evil wishes come true, accidentally dropped from his lips, and Boris Petrovich begins to be feared and respected.

I Wish You

1982

I Wish You poster
7.0

Boris Petrovich, a modest employee of the registry office, selflessly and creatively in love with his work. All his life he wishes his fellow countrymen health, happiness, good luck on days of celebrations, comforts them in days of sorrow, but remains a kind eccentric for everyone, giving many reasons for jokes and bullying. But three times in a row his evil wishes come true, accidentally dropped from his lips, and Boris Petrovich begins to be feared and respected.

I Wish You

1982

Wedding Kisses poster
8.0

While the bride is late for the wedding, the guests tell various marriage stories, which confuse the groom.

Wedding Kisses

1998

Wedding Kisses poster
8.0

While the bride is late for the wedding, the guests tell various marriage stories, which confuse the groom.

Wedding Kisses

1998

Don't Think About White Monkeys poster
4.8

A young businessman believes that money and fortune are the most important things in the world. One day he loses all his money and faces the necessity to reconsider and change his life.

Don't Think About White Monkeys

2008

Don't Think About White Monkeys poster
4.8

A young businessman believes that money and fortune are the most important things in the world. One day he loses all his money and faces the necessity to reconsider and change his life.

Don't Think About White Monkeys

2008

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich! poster
NR

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

1997

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich! poster
NR

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

1997

Sideburns poster
6.2

A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town...

Sideburns

1990

No artwork available
NR

"Romeo and Juliet" in kindergarten. Modern history.

Or Maybe It's a "lamour"?

2013

Imitator poster
4.4

The young man decides to go into business. The main advantage of "novice businessman" is a great ability to mimic other people's voices.

Imitator

1991

No artwork available
NR

The hero of the film stopped drinking and started a new life, but he is constantly being pursued and pushed by an "inner voice"...

Alter Ego

1980

No artwork available
NR

The hero of the film stopped drinking and started a new life, but he is constantly being pursued and pushed by an "inner voice"...

Alter Ego

1980

Queue poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Queue

1981

Queue poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Queue

1981

No artwork available
NR

The pop opera "Eugene Onegin" is an attempt by the authors to "kill two birds with one stone" - A.S. Pushkin and P.I. Tchaikovsky, making their works accessible to the widest audience.

Eugene Onegin

1997

No artwork available
NR

The pop opera "Eugene Onegin" is an attempt by the authors to "kill two birds with one stone" - A.S. Pushkin and P.I. Tchaikovsky, making their works accessible to the widest audience.

Eugene Onegin

1997

No artwork available
NR

In the summer of 2011, Yuri Mamin gave lectures on directing at the famous Middlebury University of Vermont for students studying Russian. Yuri Mamin showed a film about this wonderful event on the TV STO channel.

Learning Russian in America

2011

No artwork available
NR

Short film.

NonFountain

1989

No artwork available
NR

At the end of the summer of 2011, by order of the administration of St. Petersburg and the city of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Yuri Mamin made a short documentary film "Tsarskoye Selo Vernissage", dedicated to the problem of people with disabilities.

Tsarskoye Selo Vernissage

2011

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sailing to Hawaii

1997