Biography
Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (28 December 1903 – 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. He is most well known for his films The Cranes Are Flying and Soy Cuba. In 1969, he received the People's Artist of the USSR accolade. His film The Cranes Are Flying won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Kalatozov studied economics and changed many professions before starting his film career as an actor and later — as a cinematographer. He directed several documentary films, including Their Kingdom (with Nutsa Gogoberidze, the first Georgian female film director) and Salt for Svanetia (1930).
In 1933 he enrolled to the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. In 1936 he headed the Kartuli Pilmi film studio, then he was suggested a place at the USSR State Committee for Cinematography. In 1939 he moved to Leningrad to work at the Lenfilm studio as a film director. During World War II he directed several propaganda films and worked as a cultural attaché at the Soviet embassy in the United States.
Filmography
all 24
Movies 24
Director 20
Writer 2
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005)
The Red Tent (1969)
I Am Cuba (1964)
Letter Never Sent (1960)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Hostile Whirlwinds (1956)
The First Echelon (1955)
True Friends (1954)
Conspiracy of the Doomed (1950)
Moscow Music Hall (1946)
The Invincible (1943)
Wings of Victory (1941)
Courage (1939)
The Nail in the Boot (1931)
The Blind Woman (1930)
Salt for Svanetia (1930)
Moscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi (1929)
Their Kingdom (1928)
Gypsy Blood (1928)
Afghan Khan in Tbilisi (1928)
Giuli (1927)
Tskhenevis pabrika (1927)
Zahesis I turbinis gakhsna (1927)
The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze (1925)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1903-12-28
Deathday1973-03-27 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceTbilisi, Georgia
ChildrenGeorgy Kalatozishvili
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsMichail Kalatosow, Михаил Калатозов
AwardsMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Stalin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, People's Artist of the USSR, Palme d'Or, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, People's artist of the Georgian SSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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