Solomon Efimovich "Sol" Shulman (20 January 1936 – 6 September 2017), Semion Shulman, was a Belarusian author,

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Biography

Shulman's first profession was engineering. In 1966 he completed his second higher education degree at the Academy of Cinema in Moscow (

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), training as a film director. From 1963 to 1973 he worked as one of the creators of a popular documentary series called ''Film-Adventurer's Almanac'' (USSR) (artistic director Vladimir A. Shnejderov). He is the writer of more than 40 documentary films, five feature film scripts, plus a host of literary and publicist works, published in many countries worldwide. He has led film expeditions into the most distant corners of the planet—from the

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, to the summits of Pamir, the jungles of Africa, the islands of

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, and the

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. He worked at

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s in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Germany, USA, Italy and Australia, and was awarded the Order of Soviet Journalists of the USSR. He was a presidium member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio, a member of the Russian Cinematographers Union and Russian Film Directors Guild, a member of the Russian Writers' Union, a member of the

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, and a professor at the Italian State University. His public appearances always attracted large student crowds in the auditoriums of Italy, England, Germany, Australia and the USA. He lived his last years in

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Prizes and awards

*1964 First Prize of the USSR Union of Journalists at the All-National Film-Festival for the documentary film ''In Broad Daylight'' (''Izvestia'', Moscow, 10 August 1964). *1971 Prize at the Int. Film-Festival in Czechoslovakia for the documentary films ''On the Slopes of Elbruce'' and ''In Ancient Khiv''. *1976 First Prize at an Int. cinematography competition in Yugoslavia for the script ''The Disaster'' (''Novosti'', Belgrade, 20 January 1976). *1998 "Book of the month" awarded by a panel of professional critics for the book ''Power and Destiny'' (''Izvestia'', Moscow, 29 May 1998). *2006 Sign of Appreciation III degree, (Int. Conference of Journalists).

Work

Bibliography

*1974 ''On the Edge of the World'' ("AS" # 1, Yugoslavia) *1982 ''Russia Dies Laughing'' *1985 ''Aliens over Russia'' *1996 ''In the Land of Snow and Volcanoes'' ("New Russian Word", New York) *1998 ''Power and Destiny'' *1998 ''The Lucky Country' (GEO #7) *2002 ''Kings of the Kremlin'' *2004 ''We are the Last to Leave...'' *2004 ''Promenade along the Sotzialka'' *2006 ''Tomorrow Never Comes'' (

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#6–7) *2007 ''The Nuclear Age''

Filmography (abridged)

*1963 ''The Black Sands of Kara-Kum'' *1964 ''In Broad Daylight'' *1965 ''Pamir – Roof of the World'' *1966 ''The Valley of Sumbar'' *1967 ''The Heart of Africa'' *1968 ''The Earthquake'' *1968 ''Where the Ships Winter'' *1969 ''On the Slopes of Elbruce'' *1969 ''In Ancient Khiva'' *1970 ''The Edge of the World'' *1971 ''In the Scythian Steppes'' *1973 ''Alaid – Crater of Fire'' *1974 ''The Land of my Enemies'' *1984 ''Art-Nouveau'' *1985 ''Underwater Children'' *1990 ''Art Treasures of the World…'' *2004 '' The Opal Hunter'' *2006 ''White Man in a Hole''

Screenplays

*1968 ''The Nuclear Age'' (USSR, Mosfilm) *1975 ''The Disaster'' (Yugoslavia, "FRZ") *1978 ''The Silence'' (Australia, Victoria Film Corporation Co.) *1980 ''The Jewish Ticket'' (Australia, Australian Film Commission) *2007 ''Colonel Kondo'' (Kazakhstan, Capital Group Ltd. SA)

References

Sources

Газета «Оренбургский университет» – Сол Шульман: правда без жанров – № 43 (856) от 22.11.2006
* ttp://old.russ.ru/journal/kniga/98-07-12/info.htm#shulman Выбор Пушкинаbr>
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Сол Шульман: Мы уходим последними...«Экология и жизнь» №2, 2008seva.ru – Севаоборот
* ttp://www.1tv.ru/documentary/fi=5040 Документальные фильмы. Первый канал

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