Mikhail Tumanishvili
Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili, born 19 June 1935, died 22 December 2010, was a Russian stage and film director and actor. Tumanishvili is best known of his 1980s action films Hit Back, Incident at Map Grid 36-80 and The Detached Mission, which is often referred as the Soviet Rambo. Tumanishvili graduated from the actors faculty of Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and the musical direction department of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.
Also recorded as Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili
Mikhail Tumanishvili
- Name
- Mikhail Tumanishvili
- Birth Name
- Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili
- Born
- 19 June 1935
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Died
- 22 December 2010
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Occupation
- Film director, stage director
- Nationality
- Russia · Soviet Union
- Education
- Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute · Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
- Honours
- Medal For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Languages
- Russian
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He worked as a stage director in Pushkin Theatre and started making films in 1981. Tumanishvili was the head director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Mikhail Tumanishvili studied at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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• Name — Mikhail Tumanishvili • Birth Name — Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili • Born — 19 June 1935 • Birthplace — Moscow, Soviet Union • Died — 22 December 2010 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Occupation — Film director, stage director • Years Active — 1957–2010
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As director
• Hit Back (1981) • Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982) • Obstacle Сourse (1984) • The Detached Mission (1985) • Free Fall (1987) • Crash – Cop's Daughter (1989) • Wolfhound (1991) • Stalin's Testament (1993) • Crusader (1995)
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As actor
• Leningrad Symphony (1957) • Battle in the Way (1961) • Life First (1961) • Armageddon (1962) • Crusader (1995)
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Mikhail Tumanishvili is recorded as having received Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Recognition and collections. Tumanishvili received Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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1935
Mikhail Tumanishvili born at Moscow.
2010
Mikhail Tumanishvili died at Moscow.
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