Anatoly Balchev

Anatoly Balchev Анатолий Маркович Бальчев
Balchev in 2018
Background information
Born	(1946-07-28) 28 July 1946
Occupations	Composer, actor, screenwriter and director

Anatoly Balchev (Ukrainian Анатолий Маркович Бальчев, born 28 July 1946) is a Russian composer, actor, screenwriter and director.

Life and work

Balchev initially worked as a composer, creating pieces for the cinema and theater, as well as songs for Russian pop stars and releasing albums with his own songs. In the self-written piece The Poets' Café he debuted in 1990 as a director.

In the 1990s he was co-producer of the Russian-American project Cops in Russia, the Russian version of the television show COPS by Fox Television. In 1998 he founded the Apollo Film Studio. His intensive study of film-making practiced in Hollywood enabled him to direct the Russian-American movie Passenger from San Francisco. He has written several screenplays waiting to be filmed.

In 2026, Russian director and screenwriter Anatoly Balchev presented the documentary-biographical film Vysotsky. Unknown Pages (18+) in Kazan.The film forms part of his ongoing exploration of the life and legacy of Soviet singer, poet, and actor Vladimir Vysotsky.

Filmography (selection)

• Высоцкий. Неизвестные страницы (Vysotsky, Unknown Pages), 2017
• Пассажир из Сан-Франциско (Passenger from San Francisco), 2014
• Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th Birthday

Songs (selection)

• Пасхальная (Easter)
• Хризантемы (chrysanthemums)
• У зим бывают имена (winter have names)
• Ялта (Yalta)

External links

• Anatoly Balchev − KipaJazz on SoundCloud