Mikhail Kalatozov

also known as Michail Kalatosow, Михаил Калатозов

Born: Dec 28, 1903, Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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)[2] 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.

Real Name	Mikhail Kalatozov
Nick Name	Michail Kalatosow, Михаил Калатозов
Date of Birth	Dec 28, 1903
Place of Birth	Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Age	69
Death Day	1973-03-27

POPULAR MOVIES

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

The Red Tent

I Am Cuba

Letter Never Sent

The Cranes Are Flying

The First Echelon

Hostile Whirlwinds

True Friends

Conspiracy of the Doomed

Wings of Victory

The Nail in the Boot

Salt for Svanetia

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