Dmitry Lesnevsky
Russian-British film producer (born 1970)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Lesnevsky (b. February 2, 1970) is a Russian-British-Israeli entrepreneur and producer in television, film, publishing and online media.2
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Born Feb 2, 1970.1
Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedMSU Faculty of Journalism3
Dmitry Lesnevsky was born in a Jewish family. He graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Journalism.
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Career
Occupation: film producer.5
In 1991 he co-founded REN TV, one of the first privately held, independent TV production companies in Russia. It produced over twenty programs, all ranked among the highest in the country.
In 1997 Lesnevsky co-founded and served as CEO and General producer (through 2005) of REN-TV Television Network - the second biggest independent TV channel in Russia. REN-TV was particularly renowned for its independent news.
In 2005, Lesnevsky and Iren Lesnevsky sold their shares in REN-TV to RTL Group.
In 2008, Dmitry left Russia and bought German TV network Das Vierte - an independent national TV channel in Germany - which he acquired from NBC Universal.
In 2013, Das Vierte was sold to The Walt Disney Company.
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Personal life
He is married to Elena Lesnevsky and has four sons.
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Awards
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- 1WikidataDmitry Lesnevsky on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataREN TV, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsDmitry Lesnevsky photo by Aytist, Public domain