Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov, 2010

Leonid Gennadievich Parfyonov (Russian: Леонид Геннадьевич Парфёнов, born January 26, 1960, Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast) is a 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.

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.

Selected filmography as narrator and producer

2010 political censorship escapade

In November 2010 Parfyonov became the first recipient of the Listyev Prize, in honour of Vladislav Listyev, a Russian TV journalist who was murdered in 1995. On the live-broadcast ceremony for the prize, Parfyonov made an unexpected and emotional speech damning Russian TV community for dependence on the authorities, saying “journalists are not journalists at all but bureaucrats, following the logic of service and submission”.[2] This became a contradiction to the past, when Parfyonov had refrained from making political statements, saying "I am a professional journalist, not a professional revolutionary. My job is to report, not to climb the barricades".[3]

Awards

References

  1. year of the Yuri Gagarin's space flight and Khruschev Thaw beginning
  2. "Russian TV Host Slams Media in Award Speech". The Other Russia. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  3. Eastern Approaches (29 November 2010). "Parfyonov's magic touch". The Economist. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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