Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Russian TV director named person of the year for Sochi Olympics

Konstantin Ernst, who heads Russia's Channel One television station and directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sochi Olympic Games, has been named "Person of the Year" by the county's GQ magazine.
Ernst, who also picked up a gong in GQ's "Producer of the Year" category, was awarded the title for directing February's Olympic without any major glitches, save a snowflake in the opening ceremony that failed to open — leaving the iconic Olympic rings with one ring down.
Photographs of the malfunction quickly went viral on the Internet, prompting producer Ernst to poke fun at the incident by re-enacting it in the closing ceremony.
INC News, 17/09/2014

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