Boris Moiseevich Frumin (, ; born 24 October 1947) is a Soviet, American and Latvian

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and

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Career

Frumin's film '' Errors of Youth'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. His project ''Siberian Triangle'' was presented at the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival. Frumin is an associate professor at NYU's

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, where he shares his passion for neo-realism and Eastern European film.

Filmography

* '' Diary of a School Director'' (1975) * '' Family Melodrama'' (1976) * '' Errors of Youth'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Viva Castro!'' (1994) * '' Nelegal'' (2006) * '' Street Days'' (2010) * '' Blind Dates'' (2013) * '' Blizzard of Souls'' (2019; screenwriter)

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* 1947 births Living people Latvian film directors Latvian screenwriters Artists from Riga Soviet film directors {{Latvia-film-director-stub