Alexander Negreba: films, roles in theater and cinema, literary activity, director's works

Who is Negreba Alexander? What films did the actor star in? How successful was his career? We will talk about all this in our article.

early years

Negreba Alexander Valerianovich was born on April 28, 1961 in the city of Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR. From early childhood, the boy dreamed of filming a movie. Even in high school I began to show artistic inclinations.

After graduating from school in his native Kharkov, Alexander Negreba went to conquer Moscow. Once in the capital, the young man applied for admission to the State Institute of Theater and Satire, where he was soon successfully enrolled. Distributed Negreba Alexander was in the creative workshop of the famous instructor of scenic skill Vladimir Ostalsky.

Roles in the theater

In 1982, a young novice actor joined the troupe of the Riga Young Spectator Theater. Here, Alexander managed to quickly gain the status of one of the leading artists. On this creative platform, Negreba performed central roles in such successful productions as "Mowgli" based on the work of R. Kipling, "Prince of Homburg" by the famous director A. Shapiro. In addition, the actor noted secondary images in the plays "Humanoid in the sky rushing", "Ragged Cloak", "The Winner".

Debut in the cinema

In the films, Alexander Negreba began filming in 1987. During this period, the young actor was invited to play the role of a character named Victor in the dramatic tape "That's such a story" of the Soviet director Inessa Selezneva. Participation in the film did not bring the artist glory. The film itself was left without attention from a wide audience.

A real breakthrough in the career of Negreba took place in 1988, when the actor played in the film directed by Vasily Pichul called "Little Faith". The ribbon became a real symbol of the Perestroika period. Moreover, the film became famous as the first Soviet film in which the sexual act was shown on the screen.

"Little Faith" just blew up the domestic cinema. In many ways such a great success the film was due to its acute social themes. In addition to Negreba, it was played by such famous artists as Andrei Sokolov and Natalia Negoda, who performed the main roles. In turn, Alexander happened to act in the image of his elder brother Vera.

Career development

In the early 80's Alexander Negreba played roles in a number of rather successful films. Noticeable was his appearance in the painting "Aboriginal". Here the actor played a student named Stepan - the leader of the construction team. Then for Negreba followed the shooting in the tragicomic film "In the city of Sochi, dark nights." In the picture, the artist appeared in the image of theater director Peter Zaramushkin.

In 1990, Alexander was invited to the role of investigator Stas Severin in a dramatic film of criminal content called "Unidentified person." This image caused a wide audience to once again talk about the outstanding talent of the actor.

Alexander Negreba: filmography

For his rather lengthy career in Soviet and Russian cinema, the actor managed to light up in the following films:

• "This is the story";
• "Winter in Paradise";
• "Little Faith";
• "Time to collect stones";
• "Aborigen";
• "In the city of Sochi, dark nights";
• "Dreams of an idiot";
• "Unidentified person";
• "Dyuba-dyuba";
• "One day before";
• "Moscow. Three stations ";
• "Tote";
• Zastava Zilina.

Alexander Negreba: creativity

In the mid-1980s, a well-known theater actor and playwright decided to change the field of activity. During this period our hero had a desire to try himself as a writer. And it's not surprising, because Alexander already had experience writing scripts for theatrical productions and movies.

In 1984, the works of Negreba first appeared in print. The newly-made writer began working closely with the editorial board of the popular magazine Rodnik. It was on his pages that the well-known essays of the artist called "Return of the Radio Theater" and "Definition" appeared. Then, from the pen of the author came the stories "Colomba", "You are in the province", "Farewell of the Slav".

Later, Alexander Negreba was actively published in the literary publications "Zodiac", "Steps of the oracle", "Twice two". According to readers' polls, the author entered the top five best domestic science fiction writers as of the beginning of the 2000s.

Directing activity

In the early 90's, Negreba debuted on wide screens not only as an actor, but also brought to the audience his fresh director's ideas. Alexander's first work in this field was the dramatic motion picture "The Day Before", in which our hero played one of the secondary roles. It is worth noting that the debut tape of the novice director was taken by the critics extremely ambiguously. The film was a caustic parody of low-budget Soviet militants and dipped the audience into an atmosphere of absurdity. The main roles in the unusual in its content were played by such artists as Galina Sazonova, Elena Poptseva and Tatyana Korenevskaya.

The film "The day before" did not go unnoticed. The director's debut tape was awarded the International Film Festival "Interfest". Later the picture fell into the rotation of the film festival "Second Premiere", where she received the award in the nomination "Favorite of the Year".

The last roles of the actor

After a bright appearance on the wide screens in the late 80's, early 90's, Negreba for a long time did not give unnecessary reasons to talk about his own person. With the entry into the new century, Alexander sporadically lit up in the multi-series project "Primadonna". Then the actor recalled himself in the TV series Zastava Zilina. The last at the moment, the bright role of Negreba was the image of Alexei Arkhipov in the debut episode of the series "Moscow. Three stations. " After that, the actor focused entirely on theatrical, script and literary activity and did not appear in the movies anymore.