Nikolai Ekk

Nikolai Ekk
Born
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivakin

(1902-06-14)14 June 1902
Riga, Russian Empire
(now Latvia)
Died14 July 1976(1976-07-14) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter

Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (Russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (Russian: Ивакин).[1][2]

Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film Road to Life and the first Soviet color motion picture film The Nightingale.

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 210–211. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia