
Actor
Leonid Parfyonov
Born 1960 · 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.
Directed
Acting

Generation P
TV Journalist · 2011

Evening Urgant
Self · 2012

Fort Boyard Russia
Self - Host · 1998

Namedni
Self · 1997

KVN Major League
Self - Judge · 1986

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
Himself (Presenter) · 2016

Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Himself (Presenter) · 2017

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Himself (Presenter) · 2017

Russia in Bloom
Himself (Host and Narrator) · 2013

Gogol the Bird
Himself (host) · 2009
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
Narrator · 2006

Karamora
Emperor · 2022

Eye of God
Himself (Presenter) · 2012
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
self · 2021

Zvorykin-Muromets
Narrator · 2010

Russian Georgians. Part 1
himself (presentor) · 2020

Boris Godunov
Schelkalov · 2011

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
Self (uncredited) · 2014

Still Waters
Himself · 2000

Без души
Гость · 2019

Russian Empire
Presenter · 2000

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
Self · 2005

Russian Georgians. Part 2
himself (presentor) · 2022

Children of the 20th Congress
Host · 1988
Writing

Pocket of Russia
Screenplay · 2021

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
Writer · 2016

Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Writer · 2017

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Writer · 2017

Russia in Bloom
Writer · 2013

Gogol the Bird
Writer · 2009
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
Writer · 2006

Eye of God
Screenstory · 2012

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Screenplay · 1997

Old Songs About the Main Thing
Writer · 1996

Zvorykin-Muromets
Screenplay · 2010

Russian Georgians. Part 1
Screenplay · 2020

