Mark Donskoy
Mark Donskoy | |
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 Mark Donskoy (in the center) with cinematographers from East Germany, 1963 | |
| Born | Mark Semyonovich Donskoy 6 March 1901 |
| Died | 21 March 1981 (aged 80) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1926–1981 |
Mark Semyonovich Donskoy (Russian: Марк Семёнович Донско́й; 6 March [O.S. 21 February] 1901 – 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director. His most famous work (Stalin Prize in 1941) was the Gorky Trilogy, consisting of The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, My Apprenticeship, and My Universities.
Selected filmography
- The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
- Rainbow (1944)
- The Unvanquished (1945)
- Mother (1955)
- A Mother's Heart (1965)
Honours and awards
- Stalin Prizes:
- 2nd class (1941) – for The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) and People (1939)
- 1st class (1946) – for Rainbow (1943)
- 1st class (1948) – for Village Teacher (1947)
- USSR State Prize (1968) – for Heart Mother (1966)
- People's Artist of USSR (1966)
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1971)
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution (18 March 1981)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Highest Award of the American Film Critics Association 1944 – for Rainbow
- Award of Daily News – for best foreign film shown in the U.S. in 1944 (Rainbow)
- Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival 1946 – for The Unvanquished
- Special prize of the Italian journalists Venice IFF 1948 – for My Universities
- Award for Best Director Film Festival in Paris 1949 – for The Country Teacher
- First Prize in Stockholm International Film Festival 1949 – for My Universities
- Prize R. Unningtona Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1955 – for The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, The People and My Universities
- Prize for best director at the Locarno International Film Festival 1960 – for Foma Gordeev
- Special Diploma in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1970 – for Rainbow
External links
- Mark Donskoy at IMDb
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