Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer (russian: Михаил (Моисей) Абрамович Швейцер, 16 February 1920,

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia ** Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administra ...

– 2 June 2000,

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) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1990).

Biography

Mikhail Schweitzer graduated from the

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

in the directing class of the

Sergei 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 ...

art workshop. He started to work 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 ...

since 1943. Schweitzer was an assistant director of ''Man No 217'' film production in 1944. Mikhail Romm was a director of that film. When Schweitzer lost his job after his first movie '' Glorious Path'' which was filming in the ''contestation with a cosmopolitism'' period, he could be accepted to work at Sverdlovsk Film Studio only with Mikhail Romm's help.

Filmography

* '' Glorious Path'' (1949) * ''

Other People's Relatives Other People's Relatives (russian: Чужая родня, Chuzhaya rodnya) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer and based on the story ''Not to the court'' by Vladimir Tendryakov. Plot The plot — the conflict between the ...

'' (1955) * ''

Sasha Enters Life ''Sasha Enters Life'' (russian: Саша входит в жизнь) is a 1957 remake of the 1956 film ''Tight Knot'', a Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer. In 1988 the original film was restored under the original name, ''Tight Knot ...

'' (1956) *''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, which ...

'' (1960–1962) * ''

Time, Forward! ''Time, Forward!'' (russian: Время, вперёд!, ''Vremya, vperyod!'') is a 1965 Soviet drama film directed by Sofiya Milkina and Mikhail Schweitzer based on a novel with the same name and a screenplay by Valentin Kataev. The film was ...

'' (1965) * '' The Golden Calf'' (1968) * ''

Funny People ''Funny People'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow, co-produced by Apatow Productions and Madison 23 Productions, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann with Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jas ...

'' (1974) * ''

The Flight of Mr. McKinley ''The Flight of Mr. McKinley'' (russian: Бегство мистера Мак-Кинли, Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli) is a 1975 Soviet science fiction film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer. Plot A scientist invents the colloid gas — a creation that ...

'' (1976) * '' Little Tragedies'' (1979) * ''

Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...

'' (1984) * ''

The Kreutzer Sonata ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (russian: Крейцерова соната, ) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Russian authorities. The work is a ...

'' (1987)

Awards

* Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1965) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

(1977) *

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 ...

(1977) *

Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR The Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR was an annual State Prize established by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in 1965. Three Vasilyev Brothers prizes were awarded annually from 1966 until 1990 for cinematographic works of all kinds ( ...

(1989) *

(1990) * Order of Honour (1995) *

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

, 3rd class (2000) *

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

(2000)

References

External links

*
Mikhail Schweitzer at kino-teatr.ru

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