Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov

Known for

Acting

Born

January 26, 1960 (age 66)

Birthplace

Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

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 o...

Best known work

Generation P

Generation P

2011

Evening Urgant

Evening Urgant

2012

KVN Major League

KVN Major League

1986

Karamora

Karamora

2022

Old Songs About the Main Thing

Old Songs About the Main Thing

1996

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2

1997

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

2016

Still Waters

Still Waters

2000

Russia in Bloom

Russia in Bloom

2013

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

2017

Filmography

2022
Russian Georgians. Part 2
as himself (presentor), Producer, Screenplay
2022
KaramoraTV
as Emperor (8 episodes)
2021
Pocket of Russia
Producer, Screenplay
2021
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
as self
2021
In Qvevri Veritas
2021
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
2021
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
2020
Listyev. A New Look
as himself
2020
Russian Georgians. Part 1
as himself (presentor), Producer, Screenplay
2019
Без душиTV
as Гость (1 episode)
2017
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
as Himself (Presenter), Producer, Writer
2017
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
as Himself (Presenter), Writer, Producer
2016
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
as Himself (Presenter), Producer, Writer
2014
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
as Self (uncredited)
2013
Russia in Bloom
as Himself (Host and Narrator), Producer, Writer
2012
Eye of God
as Himself (Presenter), Screenstory
2012
Evening UrgantTV
as Self (1 episode)
2012
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
2011
Boris Godunov
as Schelkalov
2011
Generation P
as TV Journalist
2011
He Came to Give Us Freedom
2010
Zvorykin-Muromets
as Narrator, Screenplay, Producer
2009
Gogol the Bird
as Himself (host), Writer
2006
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
as Narrator, Writer, Director
2005
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
as Self