Georgy Grigorievich Nathanson (; 23 May 1921 – 17 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema director, screenwriter and playwright.Биография и фильмография Георгия Натансона
/ref> Worked as director at

Mosfilm Mosfilm (, ''Mosfil’m'' , initialism and portmanteau of Moscow Films) is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's fi ...

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

(1994), winner of the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1977).

Biography

Georgy Natanson was born on May 23, 1921, in

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. His mother was a singer, his father, Grigory Nathanson, was an economist and was killed in the army in 1941 at

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. Since 1941 to 1943 he worked as an assistant director of the Central United Film Studio (CUFS) in Alma-Ata, which was also evacuated in a film studio

the

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. In 1944 he graduated from the

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

in the studio of

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and Anna Khokhlova. Diploma work - ''The Storm'' for the film's story by

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. His career began at the studio Mosfilm in 1941 as an assistant director and later the second director of such classics of Russian cinema as

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinism, Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes (194 ...

(''Secretary of the Raikom'' and '' Six P.M.''),

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('' Michurin''),

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(''

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''),

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(''Annushka''),

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(''

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''). In 1956, seeing the spectacle '' An Unusual Concert'', Georgy Natanson already as auteur-director puts together with the Sergey Obraztsov satirical film ''Heavenly Creatures'', marked by the Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Venice. The following year, appears the film ''White Acacia'' based on the eponymous operetta of

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky ( ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film dire ...

. In 1960, screens out a shot with

Anatoly Efros Anatoly Vasilievich Efros (; July 3, 1925, Kharkiv – January 13, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet theatre and film director. He was a leading interpreter of Russian classics during the Era of Stagnation and "received numerous awards for creative exce ...

film ''Noisy Day'' on the play by Viktor Rozov, ''Finding Joy''. In subsequent years, one after another out films '' All Remains to People'' (1962), ''The Chamber'' (1964). Screening '' Older Sister'' based on the play by Alexander Volodin won universal acceptance (22.5 million viewers). This picture enjoyed the greatest success, and in the USSR

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has been recognized as the best actress, of the year for a decade of Soviet films in Rome and Milan. Next Natanson removes '' Once More About Love'' (1968), prize at the International Film Festival in Cartagena (Colombia), ''The Ambassador of the Soviet Union'' (1969), ''For All Responsible'' (1972), ''Re-Wedding'' (1975), ''They Were the Actors'' (1981), ''Elena Obraztsova Sings'' (1982), '' Valentin and Valentina'' (1985) the play by Mikhail Roshchin, '' Aelita, Do Not Pester Men!'' (1988) based on the play by

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, ''

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'' (1990). In the 1970s, he often worked as a theater director. Natanson was also often invited to participate in the work of the juries of many domestic festivals and creative meetings.

Death

Natanson died in

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on 17 December 2017, aged 96.

Awards

(1994) * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1981) *

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * H ...

(2007) 4th class - For outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema and many years of creative work * Order of Honour (2002) for many years of fruitful work in the field of culture and art, a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

(1971) * Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 *

(1977) * Golden Eagle Award (2004)Вручение премии «Золотой орёл»
/ref> * Honorary Diploma of the VIII International Film Festival for Children and Youth Film in Venice (1956) * Moscow Prize in literature and art (2003)

References

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