Alexander Gordon (journalist)


Alexander Garrievich Gordon is a Russian radio and television presenter, journalist, actor and director, of Russian Jewish descent. Head of the Moscow Institute Workshop of journalism TV and Radio "Ostankino", a lecturer in a Makgaffina Film School. Five-time winner TEFI. His surname is pronounced with stress on the last syllable, i.e. rhyming with "anon", unlike the regular pronunciation of "Gordon" rhyming with "colon".
According to the results of many surveys of TV viewers Gordon repeatedly is recognized as one of the best contemporary Russian TV people. Founder and permanent moderator of the "Gordon", "private screening", "Gordon Quixote", "Citizen Gordon" shows. He has worked on "NTV" channel and "Channel One". In addition to a successful television career, Alexander Gordon tried himself and as a film-maker, creating several full-length feature films. Two of his movies, The Shepherd of His Cows and Brothel Lights, were based on the works of his father Harry. He is a son of the poet and artist from Odessa Harry Gordon and Antonina Striga.

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