Mark Rudinstein

Mark Izrailevich Rudinstein (Russian: Ма́рк Григо́рьевич Рудинште́йн, Ukrainian: Марк Григорович Рудінштейн; 7 April 1946 – 5 December 2021) was a Russian actor, director, film producer and television presenter. He was the founder and producer of the international film festival Kinotavr, and the organizer of the first rock festival in the USSR, which took place on the "Green Stage" in Podolsk near Moscow in September 1987.

Mark Rudinstein
Rudinstein in 2019
Born	(1946-04-07)7 April 1946 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	5 December 2021(2021-12-05) (aged 75) Moscow, Russia
Alma mater	Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
Known for	Kinotavr

Biography

Mark Rudinstein was born on April 7, 1946, in Odessa to a Jewish family. His father, Israel (Kasryl) Grigorievich Rudinstein, was the manager of the 'Military Book' store, and his mother was Tauba Isaakovna Rudinstein. Rudinstein studied at Russian Institute of Theatre Arts and the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Afterwards he worked as an administrator of the directorate of the "Circus on the Stage", then was the director of variety programs at Rosconcert. During the period from 1980 to 1983, Mark was the director of music band “Plamya”, and during the period from 1982 to 1983 he was the director and organizer of the concerts "Hello, Song!". He was, also, the organizer of the concerts “Mashina Vremeny“. In 2003, Mark Rudenstein was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. On the 17th of November 2021, Rudinstein was hospitalized with a heart attack. He was put in a medically induced coma. He died on the 5th of December 2021 at the age of 76.

Filmography

As an actor

• Come Look at Me (2001) as a Man with champagne
• Moscow Saga (2004) as Lvov
• It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006) as Zilberman
• Kitchen (2015) as David Mikhailovich

As a producer

• The Suicide (1990)
• Dogs' Feast (1990)
• Cynics (1991)

External links

• Mark Rudinstein at IMDb