Lev Kulidzhanov

Lev Kulidzhanov
Born
Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov

(1924-03-19)19 March 1924
Tiflis, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died17 February 2002(2002-02-17) (aged 77)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, pedagogue
Years active1955–1994

Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (Russian: Лев Александрович Кулиджанов; 19 March 1924 – 17 February 2002) was a Soviet and Armenian film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. He was the head of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1965—1986). People's Artist of the USSR (1976). He directed a total of twelve films between 1955 and 1994.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 383–385. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.