FILM DIRECTOR

Nikolay Akimov

1901 - 1968

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Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (16 April [O.S. 3 April] 1901 – 6 September 1968) was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of Hamlet (1932), with Ophelia as a drunken prostitute and the king's ghost as a clever mystification arranged by Hamlet. Akimov, who was the Comedy Theater director in 1935-1949 and 1956-1968, wrote several books, among them About Theater (О театре, 1962) and Not Just About Theater (Не только о театре, 1966), and was designated a People's Artist of the USSR in 1960. Akimov was director of the New Theatre in Leningrad in the early 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Akimov is the 1,532nd most popular film director (down from 1,512th in 2019), the 975th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nikolay Akimov ranks 1,532 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Lisberger, Alexandre Aja, Bert I. Gordon, Nikolaj Arcel, Oscar Apfel, and Raja Gosnell. After him are H. Bruce Humberstone, Pavel Chukhray, Kenneth Lonergan, Gerardo Vera, Boris Sagal, and Mario Martone.

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Among people born in 1901, Nikolay Akimov ranks 337. Before him are Paulo d'Eça Leal, Edmund Rubbra, Eusebio Díaz, Helia Bravo Hollis, Nelson Eddy, and Pauline Starke. After him are H. Bruce Humberstone, Malcolm MacDonald, Rudy Vallée, George Tobias, E. B. Ford, and Chester Morris. Among people deceased in 1968, Nikolay Akimov ranks 252. Before him are Virgilio Levratto, Marcel Pinel, Alexander Hall, Robert Burks, Harold Nicolson, and Little Willie John. After him are Virginia Weidler, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Virginia Valli, Horace Gould, Jean Gachet, and Anthony Boucher.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolay Akimov ranks 975 out of 1,365. Before him are Larisa Neiland (1966), Lilia Podkopayeva (1978), Viktor Zvyahintsev (1950), Ivan Bakanov (1975), Georgi Vladimov (1931), and Valentyna Kozyr (1950). After him are Alla Kudlai (1954), Maurice Podoloff (1890), Boris Sagal (1923), Oleh Luzhny (1968), Igors Rausis (1961), and Andriy Husin (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Nikolay Akimov ranks 35. Before him are Aleksandr Alov (1923), Felix Sobolev (1931), Janusz Majewski (1931), Jerzy Antczak (1929), Lev Arnshtam (1905), and Vera Stroyeva (1903). After him are Boris Sagal (1923), Olena Demyanenko (1966), Valentyn Vasyanovych (1971), Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi (1974), and Volodymyr Tykhyi (1970).

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