Nikolai Ekk
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Russian film director and screenwriter in the Soviet Union. His surname was Ivakin and "Ekk" was a pseudonym. • Illustration — Poster of first Soviet sound film Road to Life (1931). Nikolai Ekk was born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold.
Also recorded as Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk
Nikolai Ekk
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- Born
- 1902. · Riga.
- Died
- 1976. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- theatre director, film director, screenwriter and actor.
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
- Honours
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
- Languages
- Russian.
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He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film Road to Life and the first Soviet color motion picture film The Nightingale.
• How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо) (1929) • Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь) (1931) • Carnival of Colors (1935) • Illustration — Carnival of Colors (1935), 42 min • The Nightingale (Груня Корнакова) (1936) • The Fair of Sorochyntsi (Сорочинская ярмарка) (1938) • When the Snow Is Falling... (Когда падает снег...) (1962) • A Man in a Green Glove (1967) • The Nile and The Life (1968) • Those People of the Nile (1972), writer
Family
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Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress Valentina Ivashova.
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1976
Nikolai Ekk died at Moscow.
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Russia, 2002. Envelope with commemorative stamp (EWCS) № 113. 100th birth anniversary of Nikolai Ekk, a filmmaker. Painter A. Yudin.
Stamped envelope issuing authority - "Marka" Publishing Trading Centre · From collection of Andrey Korzun
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- 1.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 210–211. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 2.Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia
- 3.Ивашёва Валентина Семёновна. 6 June 2024.
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