Mikhail Kalatozov

Known for DirectingBorn 1903-12-28Died 1973-03-27Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Horse Factory

Locomotive No. 1006

The Cranes Are Flying

I Am Cuba

Letter Never Sent

True Friends

Moscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi

Their Kingdom

Opening of the First Turbine of Zahesi

The Blind Woman

Salt for Svanetia

The Nail in the Boot

The Red Tent

The Variegateds Case

Hostile Whirlwinds

Gypsy Blood

Giuli

The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze

The First Echelon

Conspiracy of the Doomed

The Invincible

Three Lives

Wings of Victory

Moscow Music Hall

Courage

Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик

Cafe «Izotop»

Afghan Khan in Tbilisi