Igor Kirillov(1932-2021)

Igor Kirillov was born on September 14, 1932 in Moscow, in the family of a military man Leonid Mikhailovich and a librarian of the Palace of Culture of the Stalin Plant (now Likhachev name) Irina Veniaminovna. In 1955 he graduated from the Schepkin Higher Theater School. Later he graduated from VGIK. In the years 1955-1957 - actor of the Moscow Theater of Drama and Comedy (now Taganka Theater). From July 1957, he began working on television at the Shabolovsky TV Center as an assistant director of the Musical Edition of the Central Television of the USSR State Radio and Television. He also worked as a production director, literary critic, film expert. Two and a half months after joining the television, it went on the air, beating the speakers at the contest. Possesses the "firm", easily recognizable timbre of a voice. Member of the CPSU since 1961. He was the announcer of the program "Time" for over 30 years. Last time led this program December 30, 1989. He worked as a commentator, reporter, host of entertainment programs on the Central Television of the USSR. He headed the announcer's department on the First Channel from 1968 to 1989. Often he spoke with the New Year's address to the people instead of the country's leadership. Led the program "Song of the Year" (1971-1975), Exlibris, Satellite Viewer, Vzglyad, Telescope and the evening channel VID Presents, was the host of the programs of the First Channel. World Wide Web ", artistic director of the channel" Business Russia ". From 1965 until the end of the 1980s he led (often together with A. N. Shatilova) a television broadcast of parades on Red Square. Until 2006, he conducted the broadcast of Victory Day parades on May 9th. From 1990 to 2011, read the text in the annual minute of silence on May 9. From April 1995 to the present, she is Consultant Speaker of the Television Production Department of the First Channel Broadcast Design Directorate (before September 2, 2002 - ORT). Voiced announcements channel, program schedule. Now he is voicing some programs that appear on the "First". Led teaching at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Radio and Television Workers (now the Academy of Media Industry). Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Theater and Cinema. Since 1974 - member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR. Since 2004 - member of the Russian Academy of Television. Periodically appears on television to this day, participated in the programs "Long Haven't See You", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", "Tonight", "Nowadays", "Guess the Melody" and others, voiced various commercials [6] or filmed in them. November 24, 2012 spent one release of the TV program "Abracadabra" on the "First Channel". Led the program "No Time" on Radio Humor FM with Shatilova.