Alexander Khmelik

{{Infobox person

| name = Alexander Khmelik

| birth_name = Alexander Grigorievich Khmelik

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|09|27}}

| birth_place = Alupka, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|12|08|1925|09|27}}

| death_place = Moscow

| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|director|producer|playwright}}

| yearsactive = 1951–2001

| awards = Honoured Artist of the RSFSR

}}

Alexander Grigorievich Khmelik (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Хмелик) (September 27, 1925 – December 12, 2001) was a Soviet-Russian screenwriter, playwright and director known for his creation of the children's sketch series Yeralash.[http://istoriya-kino.ru/kinematograf/item/f00/s03/e0003246/index.shtml Александр Григорьевич Хмелик] Кино: Энциклопедический словарь/Гл. ред. С. И. Юткевич; Редкол.: Ю. С. Афанасьев, В. Е. Баскаков, И. В. Вайсфельд и др.- М.: Сов. энциклопедия, 1987.- 640 с., 96 л. ил. He was formerly a head of All-Union Radio (1948–1950), a literary employee in the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda (1951–1953), literary editor of the journal Vozhaty (1953–1958), head of the department of literature and art at the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda (1958–1963), the editor in chief of the creative association of Youth Films at Mosfilm (1963–1969). He was also a deputy of the Gorky Film Studio from 1974 to 1987.[http://kinoart.ru/archive/2008/08/n8-article23 Случайные отрывки. Мемуары редактора] Iskusstvo Kino, No. 8, August 2008.