Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer (russian: Михаил (Моисей) Абрамович Швейцер, 16 February 1920, Perm – 2 June 2000,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...

(1990).

Biography

Mikhail Schweitzer graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in the directing class of the

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scre ...

art workshop. He started to work at Mosfilm since 1943. Schweitzer was an assistant director of ''Man No 217'' film production in 1944. Mikhail Romm was a director of that film. When Schweitzer lost his job after his first movie ''

Glorious Path ''Glorious Path'' (russian: Путь славы) is a 1949 Soviet film directed by Boris Buneev, Anatoli Rybakov and Mikhail Shvejtser. Plot The film tells about a village girl Sasha Voronkova, moving to the city in the hope of realizing her dre ...

'' which was filming in the ''contestation with a cosmopolitism'' period, he could be accepted to work at

Sverdlovsk Film Studio Sverdlovsk Film Studio (russian: Свердловская Киностудия) is a Russian film studio based in Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk). It is a regional studio, that was established on 9 February 1943 in the midst of World War II. ...

only with Mikhail Romm's help.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1949) * '' Other People's Relatives'' (1955) * '' Sasha Enters Life'' (1956) *''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...

'' (1960–1962) * '' Time, Forward!'' (1965) * ''

The Golden Calf According to the Bible, the golden calf (עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב '' ‘ēgel hazzāhāv'') was an idol (a cult image) made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as ''ḥēṭə’ hā‘ēgel ...

'' (1968) * '' Funny People'' (1974) * '' The Flight of Mr. McKinley'' (1976) * '' Little Tragedies'' (1979) * '' Dead Souls'' (1984) * '' The Kreutzer Sonata'' (1987)

Awards

* Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1965) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orches ...

(1977) * USSR State Prize (1977) * Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1989) *

(1990) * Order of Honour (1995) * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2000) * Nika Award (2000)

References

External links

*
Mikhail Schweitzer at kino-teatr.ru

1920 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers Mass media people from Perm, Russia Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors faculty People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Nika Award Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR {{USSR-film-director-stub Russian film directors Russian Jews Soviet film directors Soviet Jews Soviet screenwriters