Sergey Gerasimovich Mikaelyan (russian: Серге́й Гера́симович Микаэля́н; 1 November 1923 – 10 December 2016) 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 ...

and winner of 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 ...

(1976). He directed ten films between 1965 and 1986. His 1983 film ''

Love by Request ''Love by Request'' (russian: Влюблён по собственному желанию, Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu, en, Enamored by own Accord) is a 1983 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. It was entered into the 33rd ...

'' was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, ''Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...

Biography

Sergey Mikaelyan was born on 1 November 1923 in Moscow. When he was seventeen he voluntarily served in the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

and was wounded at

Rzhev Rzhev ( rus, Ржев, p=ˈrʐɛf) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast, Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. It ...

. In 2015 he published a novella titled "Not Killed at Rzhev" (russian: Не убит подо Ржевом) about his experiences in the war. In 1951 he graduated from the directing department of

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

(workshop of Boris Zakhava,

Maria Knebel Maria Osipovna (Iosifovna) Knebel (russian: Мари́я О́сиповна (Ио́сифовна) Кне́бель; 1 June 1985)For dates before the Soviet state's switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in February 1918, this ...

, A. Popov), and then, in 1959, the director's course at the

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 ...

. Sergey Mikaelyan staged performances in the Saratov, Gorky, Moscow, and Leningrad theaters. He also worked as the chief director of the Tashkent Russian Theatre named after M. Gorky (1954-1956). Since 1956 served as director of the film studio

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. From 1959 to 1961 was director 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 ...

. Since 1989, Mikaelyan was the artistic director of the "Petropolis" studio. He died on 10 December 2016 in St. Petersburg and was buried in the

Serafimovskoe Cemetery Serafimovskoe Cemetery (russian: Серафимовское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in northwestern Saint Petersburg, in Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg, Primorsky District. It was established to meet the need for the growi ...

Awards

(1976) for the film "Bonus" (1974) *Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976) *

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and hel ...

prize (1983) for the film "Love by Request" (1982) *

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 ...

(1983)

Selected filmography

* ''

Going Inside a Storm ''Going Inside a Storm'' (russian: Иду на грозу, Idu na grozu) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Mikaelyan. It was based on the novel by Daniil Granin, who also wrote a screenplay together with Mikaelyan. Plot summary Pro ...

'' (1965) * '' Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen'' (1968) * '' Grandmaster'' (1972) * ''

Bonus Bonus commonly means: * Bonus, a Commonwealth term for a distribution of profits to a with-profits insurance policy * Bonus payment, an extra payment received as a reward for doing one's job well or as an incentive Bonus may also refer to: Plac ...

'' (1974) * ''

Widows A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

'' (1975) * ''

'' (1983) * '' Flight 222'' (1986)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikaelyan, Sergey Gerasimovich 1923 births 2016 deaths Mass media people from Moscow Soviet film directors Recipients of the USSR State Prize Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni Recipients of the Order of Lenin