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Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov

Born: 1960-01-26 • Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]

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
Russian Georgians. Part 2 poster
Russian Georgians. Part 2
2022 • himself (presentor)
No Image
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
2021 • self
In Qvevri Veritas poster
In Qvevri Veritas
2021
No Image
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
2021
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Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
2021
Listyev. A New Look poster
Listyev. A New Look
2020 • himself
Russian Georgians. Part 1 poster
Russian Georgians. Part 1
2020 • himself (presentor)
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948. poster
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
2017 • Himself (Presenter)
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948. poster
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
2017 • Himself (Presenter)
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution. poster
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
2016 • Himself (Presenter)
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story poster
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
2014 • Self (uncredited)
Russia in Bloom poster
Russia in Bloom
2013 • Himself (Host and Narrator)
Eye of God poster
Eye of God
2012 • Himself (Presenter)
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных poster
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
2012
Boris Godunov poster
Boris Godunov
2011 • Schelkalov
Generation P poster
Generation P
2011 • TV Journalist
He Came to Give Us Freedom poster
He Came to Give Us Freedom
2011
Zvorykin-Muromets poster
Zvorykin-Muromets
2010 • Narrator
Gogol the Bird poster
Gogol the Bird
2009 • Himself (host)
No Image
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
2006 • Narrator
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death poster
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
2005 • himself
Still Waters poster
Still Waters
2000 • Himself
The Age of Nabokov poster
The Age of Nabokov
1999
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 poster
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
Children of the 20th Congress poster
Children of the 20th Congress
1988 • Host