Sergei Rakhlin, Russian Journalist and HFPA Member, Dies at 78
thewrap.comobituary on Sunday. “Sergei was a strong advocate for international filmmakers and long pressed for their recognition and inclusion in Hollywood.
His passion for films from across the globe was only surpassed by his support of the HFPA,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement to TheWrap.Rakhlin joined the HFPA in 1996 and had bylines that appeared in Vogue, Variety, Action!
and Film Search throughout his career, as well as other publications throughout Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Central Asia. He also spent time as a screenwriter and wrote two scripts that were later turned into feature films, including “Brutus” in 2016 and “Witnesses” in 2018.He served six terms as the executive secretary and one term as treasurer for the HFPA and contributed to the production of the Golden Globes between 2008 and 2017.
Rakhlin was a long-time member of the Foreign Film Committee (now Non-English Language Film Committee), and he was also nominated for an Emmy in 2018 for producing the Globes awards ceremony.
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