Lev Kulidzhanov | |
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Born | Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov 19 March 1924 |
Died | 17 February 2002 | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, pedagogue |
Years active | 1955–1994 |
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]