Mikhail Kalatozov

Directing·Dec 28, 1903·Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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Mikhail 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 film director best known for his films The Cranes Are Flying (1957) and Soy Cuba (1964). The former won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. In 1969, he received the People's Artist of the USSR accolade. Kalatozov studied economics and changed many professions before starting his career as an actor and later — as a cinematographer. He directed several documentaries, including Their Kingdom (1928, with Nutsa Gogoberidze, the first Georgian female director) and Salt for Svanetia (1930). In 1933, Kalatozov enrolled to the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. Three years later, he oversaw Kartuli Pilmi, then he was suggested a place at the USSR State Committee for Cinematography. In 1939, he moved to Leningrad to work at Lenfilm as a director. During World War II, he made several propaganda films and worked as a cultural attaché at the Soviet embassy in the United States.

Film	Credit
ГГеоргий Данелия. Великий обманщик2015 · Self	Self
Cafe «Izotop»1977 · Writer	Writer
The Red Tent1969 · Director	Director
I Am Cuba1964 · Director	Director
Letter Never Sent1960 · Director	Director
The Variegateds Case1958 · Producer	Producer
The Cranes Are Flying1957 · Director	Director
Hostile Whirlwinds1956 · Director	Director
The First Echelon1955 · Director	Director
True Friends1954 · Director	Director
Conspiracy of the Doomed1950 · Director	Director
MMoscow Music Hall1946 · Director	Director
The Invincible1943 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Wings of Victory1941 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Courage1939 · Director	Director
The Nail in the Boot1931 · Director	Director
TThe Blind Woman1930 · Director	Director
Salt for Svanetia1930 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
MMoscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi1929 · Director	Director
Their Kingdom1928 · Director	Director
Gypsy Blood1928 · Writer, Director of Photography	Writer, Director of Photography
AAfghan Khan in Tbilisi1928 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Giuli1927 · Screenplay	Screenplay
HHorse Factory1927 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
OOpening of the First Turbine of Zahesi1927 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze1925 · Actor	Actor
Three Lives1924 · Actor	Actor