Nikolai Ekk
| Nikolai Ekk | |
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 Nikolai Ekk on 2002 Russian stamp | |
| Born |
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivakin 14 June 1902 Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died |
14 July 1976 (aged 74) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Occupation |
Film director Screenwriter |
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (Russian: Николай Владимирович Экк), real name Ivakin (Russian: Ивакин) (14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed 4 films between 1931 and 1941, among which the first Soviet sound film Road to Life.
Filmography
- Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь) (1931)
- Grunya Kornakova (Груня Корнакова) (1936)
- The Nightingale (1936)
- The Fair of Sorochinsk (Сорочинская ярмарка) (1939)
- Night of May (Майская ночь) (1941)
Family
Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress Valentina Ivashova.[1]
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