Savva Kulish

Savva Kulish
Born(1936-10-17)17 October 1936
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine)
Died9 June 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 64)
Yaroslavl, Russia
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1959—2001

Savva Yakovlevich Kulish (Russian: Са́вва Я́ковлевич Кули́ш; 17 October 1936 – 9 June 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[1] He directed eight films between 1966 and 1994. His 1979 film Takeoff won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] He was awarded with the People's Artist of Russia in 1995.[3]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 385–386. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ Указ Президента РФ от 19 октября 1995 г. N 1062 «О присвоении почётных званий Российской Федерации» Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine