Burlyayev majored in acting at the Shchukin theater school in Moscow, graduating in 1967. Burlyayev is a graduate of the Film Directors’ Faculty of VGIK, where he studied under
Mikhail Romm and
Lev Kulidzhanov. In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia
Vladimir Putin on Russia's
military intervention in Ukraine. Burlyayev emphasizes that he is
Orthodox, repeatedly sharply expressed his negative attitude towards people with non-traditional sexual orientation, calls himself a
homophobe. He was married to
Natalya Bondarchuk, and is thus the son-in-law of
Sergei Bondarchuk and
Inna Makarova.
Sanctions He was sanctioned by the
UK government in 2022 in relation to the
Russo-Ukrainian War. On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. == Filmography ==