A well-known figure of Russian cinema died in the zone of a special military operation. The tragedy occurred during the fighting for Artemovsk in the Donetsk region. Leonid is on the front line as a volunteer.
Surrounded by the screenwriter, they reported that he died on March 29, but for a long time he was listed as missing. He recognized him by the tattoo on his body. According to reports, the writer suffered multiple shrapnel injuries during the attack on the city. Director and producer Pavel Drozdov announced the death of Korin, he learned the sad news on May 1.
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“We met Lenya Korin in St. Petersburg at the University of Film and Television. At the time, I was working on a screenplay about a high school hockey player who couldn’t find himself in this world, and I needed a co-writer. Lenya listened to me, took time to think … and came to see me in Tver, “said Pavel.
Then the friends visited the hockey school, talked with the boys and coaches. After deliberation, Leonid agreed to work. Later, the friends met on the set of another film. “Even later, during the filming of the film “Ice”, Lenya was not only a screenwriter, but also a site administrator! And then, every time I came to St. Petersburg, I stayed with him in a rented room on the Pulkovo highway on the floor on a mattress… And when he moved to Moscow, also in my kitchen on a mattress. So they lived … “Drozdov recalled.
The director was shocked by the death of his colleague, partner and friend. “I learned today that Lenya died. A blessed monument,” added Pavel.
Korin managed to establish himself in the world of cinematography. In addition to the films “Ice” and “Battle of Sevastopol”, he participated in the creation of the rating series “Foundry”, “Family Detective”, “The Last Cop”.
Leonid was born in 1975 in Yaroslavl. In 2010, he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, screenwriting workshop of Yuri Klepikov.
In the same year, Leonid won his first major prize as a screenwriter at the Piterkit festival for the feature film Contrabass. In his piggy bank is the New Horizon-2009 award for the screenplay for the movie Cruise. At the International Human Rights Film Festival “Stalker” he was awarded for the short film “Senior”.
Source: The Voice Mag
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