The name of Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin is known to everyone - Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, publicist, painter, politician, public figure. More than half a century in art, another quarter of a century in politics! The book by the famous film director Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov, based on his film about Stanislav Govorukhin from the series “Those with whom I am...” for the TV channel “Culture”, is permeated with a reverent attitude towards outstanding contemporaries, with whom fate brought the author together on the set and beyond. His verbal portraits of outstanding screen masters are devoid of banal features, well-known facts, they are warmed by the unique personal intonation of the author, who talks about his colleagues in art freely, relaxed, ironically, but also tenderly, with a lot of vivid details and details known only to him. The book is also supplemented with the artist’s filmography, a list of awards and titles.