Boris Buneev (1921-2015) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He was awarded the title of

Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

in 1973, and won the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

in 1974 for the film "The Last Meeting".

Biography

Boris Buneev graduated from the directing department of

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

in 1944, as part of

Sergey Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenw ...

's masterclass. In 1944-1949, he was a director at

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...

, and then in 1949-1951 and 1952-2005, at the

Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed at ...

. His first film was ''Glorious Path'' (1949).

Selected filmography

* 1949 - ''

Glorious Path ''Glorious Path'' (russian: Путь славы) is a 1949 Soviet film directed by Boris Buneev, Anatoli Rybakov and Mikhail Shvejtser. Plot The film tells about a village girl Sasha Voronkova, moving to the city in the hope of realizing her dre ...

'' * 1951 - ''On the Steppe'' * 1953 - ''

Mysterious Discovery ''Mysterious Discovery'' (Russian: Таинственная находка) is a 1953 Soviet family adventure film directed by Boris Buneev. Plot Three schoolchildren from a polar settlement find an old gun. Trying to figure out its origin, they ...

'' * 1956 - ''

For the Power of the Soviets ''For the Power of the Soviets'' (russian: За власть Советов) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Buneev Plot The film takes place during the Great Patriotic War. The lawyer Bachey dreamed of going on a trip, but he had ...

'' * 1959 - ''The Man from Planet Earth'' * 1962 - ''The Ends of the Earth'' * 1971 - ''Khutorok v stepi'' * 1974 - ''The Last Meeting'' * 1976 - '' Duck Village. A Tale.'' * 1979 - ''The Evil Spirit of Yambuy'' * 1987 - ''Silnee vsekh inykh veleniy''

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120439/?ref_=tt_ov_dr * https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/301212/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buneev, Boris 1921 births 2015 deaths Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Soviet film directors