# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitali-melnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:14:49.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitali-melnikov"
name: "Vitali Melnikov"
slug: "vitali-melnikov"
description: "Vitaly Vyacheslavovich Melnikov was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1987 and awarded Order of Honour in 2002 and IV Class Order \"For Merit to the Fatherland\" in 2010. He was also a member of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and was awarded the special Nika Award in 2016 \"For outstanding contribution to national cinema\"."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter (1928–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1928-05-01"
deathDate: "2022-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.536044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578204/"
    handle:    "nm0578204"
sources:
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    title: "Vitaliy Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤيتالى ميلنيكوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaliy_Melnikov"
    title: "Vitaliy Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Melnikov"
    title: "Vitalij Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Melnikov_(film_director)"
    title: "Vitaly Melnikov (film director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویتالی ملنیکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Melnikov"
    title: "Vitali Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիտալի Մելնիկով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Vja%C4%8Deslavovi%C4%8D_Mel'nikov"
    title: "Vitalij Vjačeslavovič Mel'nikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Melnikov"
    title: "Vitalij Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witalij_Mielnikow_(re%C5%BCyser)"
    title: "Witalij Mielnikow (reżyser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мельников, Виталий Вячеславович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92'%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мельников Віталій В'ячеславович"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%81_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%85_%DA%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "وٹالی میلنکوف (فلم ڈائریکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump