In the history of cinema, Mikhail Kalatozov is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Mikhail Kalatozov as Soviet film director and screenwriter (1903-1973).
Mikhail Kalatozov was born at Tbilisi in 1903. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
The record gives his roles in the industry as film director, screenwriter and diplomat.
His name is attached above all to films The Cranes Are Flying and I Am Cuba, winning the Palme d'Or for the former at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cinema keeps its people visible long after the industry that produced them has changed shape.
The awards record reads: Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Red Star.
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Mikhail Kalatozov died in 1973, aged 70. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Red Star
- Worked as film director, screenwriter and diplomat
