Aleksandr Melnik

Russian film director (1958–2021)

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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мельник; 11 June 1958, Chervonopartyzansk – 8 September 2021) was a Russian film director.^[1]

Career

Melnik graduated from Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, and worked for a time as a journalist and publisher. He was a member of the Guild of Russian Filmmakers.^[2]

He was the father of film producer Anton Melnik.

Death

Melnik died at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall (Big Irkindinsky waterfall), located in the western part of the Putorana Nature Reserve, 120 km from Norilsk,^[3]^[4] together with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev during the scouting of a filming location. Melnik slipped and fell off a cliff into the water. Zinichev died after he dove off the cliff to save Melnik, according to the ministry.^[5]

Melnik's funeral service was held at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi on 11 September 2021, and he was buried later that day in the village of Afineyevo, Moscow Oblast [ru], where he had lived.^[2]

Filmography

Terra Nova (Новая Земля, Novaya Zemlya): film director, screenwriter and producer
Territory (Территория, Territoriya): film director

References

^ "Глава МЧС Зиничев погиб, спасая кинорежиссера Александра Мельника" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Режиссера Александра Мельника похоронят в подмосковной деревне, где он жил" (in Russian). TASS. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "Названо место гибели главы МЧС" (in Russian). RBK Group. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Росбизнесконсалтинг, 8 сентября 2021. Погиб глава МЧС Евгений Зиничев" (in Russian). RBK Group. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ Hopkins, Valerie (8 September 2021). "Senior Russian Minister Dies During Drill". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2021.