Ekaterina Gamova - Russian volleyball player, twice world champion, honored master of sports. Previously, she was a member of the women's national volleyball team of the Russian Federation, in 2010 she was recognized as the best athlete in our country. Her husband is Mikhail Mukasey, a successful businessman, producer and cameraman.
Biography of Mikhail Mukasey
Misha was born in 1966 in Moscow.
Father - Anatoly Mukasey, cameraman, winner of the USSR State Prize in 1986. In 1991 he received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 2009 - Honored Artist of Russia.
Mikhail's mother is Svetlana Druzhinina, film and theater actress, screenwriter and film director. In 1989, together with her husband, she received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 2001 - People's Artist of Russia. He is an academician of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Both father and mother of Mikhail have worked all their lives at the Mosfilm film studio.
Mikhail's paternal grandfather and grandmother are legendary Soviet illegal spies who have worked for many years in the United States and Western Europe. Both have the military rank of "colonel" and were awarded the highest awards "Honorary State Security Officer", laureates of the gold medal and the Andropov Prize.
Mikhail's elder brother Anatoly tragically committed suicide in 1978. The reason is the abuse of illegal substances.
Career
Mikhail received his higher education in the period from 1983 to 1988 at VGIK, at the camera department. In the third and fourth year of university he was a member of the rock group "Obermaneken" as a bass player.
This group, playing in the style of "New Wave" or "New Wave", is considered the first Soviet and Russian rock group to introduce elements of neo-romanticism and postmodernism, bohemian eroticism and decadence into Russian rock.
As part of this group, Mikhail took part in the recording of her album, on tour, both in the USSR and abroad.
In 2009 he joined the ranks of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. In 2011, he became a member of the jury of the prestigious professional Russian film award "White Square", which is awarded by the Guild of Russian Cinematographers for the best cinematography in feature films.
In 2004, from scratch, he founded and developed a company that provides rental of cinema equipment "R. E. N. T. A. C. A. M". Over the years, the company has become a market leader both in the range and quality of the equipment provided, and in the number of orders.
As a cinematographer and director of photography, he has been involved in more than 10 films, mainly of the fiction genre. Producer of the 2010 film "On Betrayal".
Renowned producer of commercials and music videos. Shot clips "Christmas Meetings" for Alla Pugacheva, "Pink Flamingo" for Alena Sviridova, "Goodbye, Mom" for Sergei Mazayev and many others. In total, during his career, Mikhail Mukasey has shot more than 500 videos and clips.
Personal life
Marriage with Ekaterina Gamova is the third for Mikhail. The previous two ended unsuccessfully. From the first two marriages, Mikhail has a son, Maxim, and a daughter, Elizabeth. Mikhail carefully hides the details of the first marriages.
The future spouses met on the set, on the set of a commercial for one of the furniture salons in Moscow.
Mikhail is 15 years older than Catherine. Ekaterina, being a professional volleyball player, is very tall - 202 cm. Her husband is 10 cm lower than her; his height is 196 cm.
Mikhail's parents really liked the chosen one of their son, because in their youth they were also fond of volleyball. Mikhail's father was the captain of the youth volleyball team, and Mikhail's mother was the captain of the girls' team. So they met.
In 2012, Mikhail and Ekaterina registered an official marriage union. The wedding was quite modest, especially by the standards of Russian stars. But this did not affect happiness and harmony in relationships.
Only the closest people of the bride and groom were invited to the wedding. Gamow's white dress was sewn to order, as the models on sale were not suitable for her tall stature. Of the jewelry, Catherine put on only earrings. The banquet was attended only by selected journalists who enjoyed the confidence of the young.
Also at the wedding was the son from the first marriage of Mikhail Maxim. At the time, he was a teenager and in school. They found a common language with their father's new wife and quickly became friends. Subsequently, good relations developed with Lisa, Mikhail's daughter from his first marriages.
In 2013, Ekaterina changed her last name and now acts as Gamow-Mukasey. Until 2013, a volleyball player could not do anything with her surname, since this directly contradicted the contractual relationship with the Dynamo club
In 2016, shortly after the wedding, Catherine decided to end her sports career, go to coaching, devote more time to her housework and her husband. Her decision was also influenced by the fact that shortly before that Katya received an unsuccessful injury and suffered a number of sports failures.
Currently, the couple live in a large business-class apartment on Shabolovka. Ekaterina ordered interior design to professional designers. This apartment is the personal property of Ekaterina, bought by her in 2008-2009 before playing in the Turkish women's volleyball club "Fenerbahce" in the 2009/2010 season.
After 2016, Mikhail and Ekaterina built their own country house on a site located in the village of filmmakers Snegiry and owned by Mikhail's parents. The one-storey project of a Swiss chalet with a basement, a balcony and a glass partition around the perimeter was purchased ready-made, and the construction process was supervised by a professional architect. Construction went on for about 2 years.
