Lev Kulidzhanov

Lev Kulidzhanov
Born	19 March 1924 Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Died	18 February 2002 (aged 77) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1954-1994

Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (Russian: Лев Александрович Кулиджанов; 19 March 1924 – 18 February 2002) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1994.

Filmography

• Nezabudki (1994)
• Umirat ne strashno (1991)
• Zvyozdnaya minuta (1972)
• Crime and Punishment (1970)
• Sinyaya tetrad (1963)
• When the Trees Were Tall (1961)
• A Home for Tanya (1959)
• Poteryannaya fotografiya (1959)
• Dom, v kotorom ya zhivu (1957)
• Eto nachinalos tak... (1956)
• Damy (1954)

Honours and awards

• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1976)
• Hero of Socialist Labour (1984)
• Two Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (1999) - for an outstanding contribution to cinema and at his 75th birthday
• Lenin Prize - 1982
• State Prize of the RSFSR Vasiliev brothers - 1971

External links

• Lev Kulidzhanov at the Internet Movie Database