Actor director screenwriter TV presenter art historian Born in the family of writer screenwriter and director Sergei Bodrov Sr In 1993 he graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University Department of Art History In 1998 he defended his thesis on Architecture in the Venetian Renaissance painting In 19961999 he was the presenter of the program Vzglyad ORT In 2001 as a presenter he took part in the Last Hero program on Channel One He began working in cinema with his fathers filming starring in his films first in the episodic role of SIR Freedom is Paradise 1989 and then in the lead role Prisoner of the Caucasus 1996 Danila Bagrova in the films of Alexei Balabanov Brother 1997 and Brother2 2000 In 2001 he made his directorial debut with the film Sisters In the summer of 2002 Bodrov began working on his new film the mystical drama The Messenger On the evening of September 20 2002 he went missing in the Karmadon Gorge in North Ossetia where the film crew of the Oka alas the path descended Kolka glacier