Leonid Parfyonov
Acting • Born 1960-01-26
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 of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Filmography
34 credits
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
Movie • 2021
self
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
Movie • 2021
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
Movie • 2021
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Movie • 1997
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
Movie • 2014
Self (uncredited)
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
Movie • 2012
Generation P
Movie • 2011
TV Journalist
Russian Georgians. Part 2
Movie • 2022
himself (presentor)
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Still Waters
Movie • 2000
Himself
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
Movie • 2016
Himself (Presenter)
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Movie • 2017
Himself (Presenter)
Eye of God
Movie • 2012
Himself (Presenter)
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Movie • 2017
Himself (Presenter)
Gogol the Bird
Movie • 2009
Himself (host)
Russia in Bloom
Movie • 2013
Himself (Host and Narrator)
Boris Godunov
Movie • 2011
Schelkalov
Russian Georgians. Part 1
Movie • 2020
himself (presentor)
Listyev. A New Look
Movie • 2020
himself
Zvorykin-Muromets
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
Movie • 2005
himself
He Came to Give Us Freedom
Movie • 2011
In Qvevri Veritas
Movie • 2021
Children of the 20th Congress
Movie • 1988
Host
The Age of Nabokov
Movie • 1999
Namedni
TV • 1997
Self
Fort Boyard Russia
TV • 1998
Self - Host
Russian Empire
TV • 2000
Presenter
Evening Urgant
TV • 2012
Self
Karamora
TV • 2022
Emperor
Без души
TV • 2019
Гость
vDud
TV • 2017
Self - Guest
KVN Major League
TV • 1986
Judge
Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра
TV • 1997