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Leonid Gennadyevich Parfyonov (, born January 26, 1960) is a Russian journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many Documentary film Television show. Parfyonov is known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999). From December 3, 2004, until December 20, 2007, he was an editor-in-chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. From 2012 until 2018, Parfyonov was a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.
As the author and narrator of the daily culture TV show on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Parfyonov studied at school in Cherepovets. In 1973 he received a diploma as a young correspondent of Pionerskaya Pravda. The first big material, for the State Prize, was devoted to Sergey Solovyov's film One Hundred Days After Childhood (1975). In 1977 he entered the Faculty of Journalism at Zhdanov Leningrad University. In the dormitory he lived together with students from Bulgaria, thanks to which he learned the Bulgarian language, which, according to his own words, is still the only foreign language he can speak fluently. He graduated in 1982.
In the Soviet press he was published in such publications as Krasnaya Zvezda, Pravda, Moskovskiye Novosti and Ogoniok. In 1983 he was a correspondent in the newspaper Vologda Komsomol. For the newspaper he wrote articles on youth culture, fashion, art, in particular he wrote a number of articles about the Leningrad Rock Club. Some time later, two resolutions follow on behalf of the Vologda Regional Committee of the CPSU: "On deficiencies in the newspaper 'Vologda Komsomolets'" and "On serious deficiencies in the newspaper 'Vologda Komsomolets'". After them, Parfyonov would be forced to quit the newspaper and go to work for Vologda Regional TV in Cherepovets, where he worked until he left for Moscow in 1986. On regional TV, he interviewed Aleksandr Bovin, disgraced music journalist Artemy Troitsky, and Gunnar Graps, leader of the Magnetic Band.
He was friends with the future famous rock musician Alexander Bashlachev. It was at Parfyonov's apartment in September 1984 that Bashlachev had his fateful meeting with Artemy Troitsky, after which the latter organized for Bashlachev the first in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
From November 1990 to March 1991 - author and host of the information and analytical program Namedni, which he made together with the TV company ATV. In early 1991, Parfyonov was suspended from the airwaves for making "incorrect" remarks about Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation as foreign minister.
In 1992, he made a series of programs "Delo", telling about the events that took place in the world in 1991.
In 1992, Parfyonov, Konstantin Ernst, Igor Ugolnikov and ex-producer of the TV company VIDgital Svetlana Popova formed the company "Master TV" to produce their own programs, which existed for three years.
From March 1992 to May 1993, on Ostankino Channel 1, Parfyonov was the author and presenter of the documentary "Portrait on the background". At first, he talked about political figures (Yegor Gaidar, Rutskoy, Shevardnadze, Nazarbayev), and then devoted the broadcasts to people who personify any era (Lyudmila Zykina, Igor Kirillov, Magomaev, Alla Pugacheva, Grebenshchikov). In December 1992, as part of this program, Parfyonov interviewed Evgeny Leonov, which, as it later turned out, was the last for the popular actor, but was not fully shown on television until 2002.
In October 1993, he moved to work at the newly established television company NTV, where he decided to relaunch the program Namedni, but this time in the format of a "weekly informational program on non-political news." Parfyonov was the first in Russia to wear pink shirts instead of white ones during filming and to appear on air unshaven. This was part of the format he called "infotainment" — news through entertainment.
In 1994, he was the author and host of the project NTV — Novogodnee TeleVidenie (NTV — New Year's Television), for which he received his first TEFI award in the category "Entertainment Program".
On March 15, 1995, Leonid Parfyonov hosted an episode of Vladislav Listyev's talk show Chas Pik (Rush Hour) on Channel 1 Ostankino.
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