FILM DIRECTOR

Mikhail Kalatozov

1903 - 1973

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Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, Russian: Михаил Константинович Калатозов; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. He is known for his films The Cranes Are Flying and I Am Cuba, winning the Palme d'Or for the former at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Kalatozov is the 282nd most popular film director (up from 301st in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Georgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 282 out of 2,041. Before him are Bigas Luna, Philippe de Broca, Karel Zeman, Ousmane Sembène, Andrew Davis, and Damiano Damiani. After him are Gabriel Axel, Wes Anderson, Elem Klimov, George Stevens, Tsui Hark, and John Frankenheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 84. Before him are Erskine Caldwell, Charles W. Morris, Evelyn Waugh, Sadegh Hedayat, Prince Nicholas of Romania, and Lou Gehrig. After him are Alice Herz-Sommer, Heinz Reinefarth, Fritz Bauer, Bob Hope, Henry Corbin, and Charlotte Perriand. Among people deceased in 1973, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 69. Before him are Karl Löwith, José Villalonga, Robert Siodmak, Veronica Lake, Mary Wigman, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard. After him are Paul van Zeeland, Károly Kerényi, Asger Jorn, Jacques Lipchitz, Edward Steichen, and Alan Watts.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 50 out of 406. Before him are Akim Tamiroff (1899), Mihrişah Sultan (1745), Stepan Shaumian (1878), Murad Bey (1750), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), and Vakhtang I of Iberia (440). After him are Bezmiâlem Sultan (1807), Noe Zhordania (1868), Bagrat IV of Georgia (1018), Ibrahim Bey (1735), David VI of Georgia (1225), and Tengiz Abuladze (1924).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 4. Before him are Sergei Parajanov (1924), Otar Iosseliani (1934), and Rouben Mamoulian (1897). After him are Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), and Georgy Tovstonogov (1915).

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