Rolands Kalniņš (9 May 1922 – 17 May 2022) was a Latvian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography

Rolands Kalniņš was born on 9 May 1922 in Vecslabada,

Istra Parish Istra Parish ( lv, Istras pagasts) is an administrative territorial entity of Ludza Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ...

, Latvia to a post worker family. From 1937 to 1940, he studied at the

Riga State Gymnasium No.1 Riga State Gymnasium No.1 ( lv, Rīgas Valsts 1. ģimnāzija), the oldest school in the Baltic states, offers secondary education (grades 7 to 12) in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The school traces its origins to school of Riga Cathedral, which wa ...

. Following

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, he started working as a director at the Riga Film Studio, instantly from an assistant director to a second director. His films ''

I Remember Everything, Richard ''I Remember Everything, Richard'' ( lv, Es visu atceros, Ričard) is a 1966 film produced during Soviet period at the Riga Film Studio. Another name for the film is ''Rock and Splinters'' ( lv, Akmens un šķembas), which is normally applied to ...

'' and ''

Four White Shirts ''Four White Shirts'' ( lv, Četri balti krekli) or ''Breathe Deeply'' (''Elpojiet dziļi'') is a 1967 film directed by Rolands Kalniņš. The film was prevented from being screened by Soviet censors for 20 years following its release. In 2018, ...

'' were pulled from cinemas as they were declared undesirable. He won Best Screenplay Award at the Chișinău Film Festival (1967) for his film ''I Remember Everything, Richard''. In 1980, his film '' Saruna ar karalieni'' received the Latvian National Film Festival Prize for best documentary, and in 2005 he received an Award for Life Contribution. In 1991, he produced ''

Cilvēka bērns ''Cilvēka bērns'' is a 1991 Latvian film directed by Jānis Streičs, starring Akvelīna Līvmane, Jānis Paukštello, and others. The film was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but ...

''. He

turned 100 A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100 years, the term is invariably associated with longevity. In 2012, the United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living cente ...

on 9 May 2022, and died on 17 May.

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* 1922 births 2022 deaths People from Ludza Municipality Latvian film directors Soviet film directors Lielais Kristaps Award winners Latvian centenarians Men centenarians {{Latvia-film-director-stub

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