Roman Irinarkhovich Tikhomirov (russian: Роман Иринархович Тихомиров) (1915-1984) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. In 1973, he was awarded the title of

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

Biography

Roman Tikhomirov was born in 1915 in

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. As a young man, he entered the

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

(violin class), and graduated from it in 1941. He then continued his studies, and, in 1945, he graduated from the conductor class of the same conservatory. In parallel with his studies at the Conservatory, he worked as an assistant director on Sergei Gerasimov’s '' The New Teacher'', Ya. Protazanov’s '' Nasreddin in Bukhara'', and Mikhail Romm’s ''Man No. 217''. His first opera production was the play “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” by M. Koval (Conservatory Opera Studio). Starting in 1948, he was Head of the Department of Musical Theaters and Director of the All-Union House of Folk Art named at the Committee on Arts of the USSR. In 1951 he made his debut on the professional stage at the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater (“

May Night ''May Night'' ( rus, Майская ночь, Mayskaya noch ) is a comic opera in three acts, four scenes, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a libretto by the composer and is based on Nikolai Gogol's story " May Night, or the Drowned Maiden", from hi ...

” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov). In 1952–1956, he was the chief director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1957-1959 he was the artistic director of the Central Television. In 1958, his first film as a director and screenwriter, ''Eugene Onegin'', was released. Starting in 1960, he was the chairman of the artistic council of the creative association of television films attached to

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 ...

film studio. In 1958–1962, he was a director at

Lenfilm Lenfilm (russian: link=no, Ленфильм) is a Russian production company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes shared betwee ...

. In 1962–1977, he was the chief director of the Leningrad Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater.

Selected filmography

* 1958 — ''Eugene Onegin'' *1959 — ''

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'' * 1960 — ''The Queen of Spades'' * 1963 — ''

The Serf Actress ''The Serf Actress'' (russian: Крепостная актриса) is a 1963 Soviet musical film directed by Roman Tikhomirov. Plot The film tells about the serf Nastya Batmanova, who was able to make a successful acting career in the court the ...

'' *1965 — '' When the Song Does Not End'' * 1969 — ''Prince Igor''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhomirov, Roman 1915 births 1984 deaths Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters 20th-century screenwriters People's Artists of the RSFSR Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni