Yuli Gusman
Yuli Solomonovich Gusman (born 8 August 1943) is a Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the Nika Award.
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- Name
- Yuli Gusman
- Birth Name
- Yuli Solomonovich Gusman
- Born
- 8 August 1943
- Birthplace
- Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Education
- Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors · Azerbaijan Medical University
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation · Order of Friendship · Shohrat Order · Friendship Order · Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude · People's Artist of Azerbaijan
- Languages
- Russian
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Yuli Solomonovich Gusman (born 8 August 1943) is a Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the Nika Award.
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Biography
Biography
Yuli Gusman studied at Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors and Azerbaijan Medical University. The recorded working language is Russian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Moscow. Positions recorded include member of the State Duma. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, Order of Friendship, Shohrat Order and Friendship Order.

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Key facts
• Name — Yuli Gusman • Birth Name — Yuli Solomonovich Gusman • Born — 8 August 1943 • Birthplace — Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR • Occupation — * Film director • actor • Website — yulygusman.info
Life and career
Life and career
Yuli Gusman was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, to military physician Solomon Gusman and professor Lola Barsuk, who later became a translator and professor at the Azerbaijan University of Languages. His brother Mikhail is the vice-president of the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia. In 1966, Yuli Gusman graduated from the Azerbaijan Medical University, majoring in therapeutics, and in 1970 earned a master's degree in Psychology and Psychiatry. He wrote a research paper to defend a thesis for another medical degree, but chose not to do so after being admitted to the Higher Film Directing Courses at Goskino. Upon graduating in 1976, he worked at Azerbaijanfilm directed such films as Iliq danizda buz parçasi (1983) (An Iceberg in a Warm Sea) and Bir ailalik bag evi (1978) (A Dacha for One Family) and was the director of the satirical newsreel Mozalan. In the 1970s and the 1980s, he worked as manager and director of the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy and the Song Theatre. He has directed seven films and a number of stage plays, including outside the Soviet Union (in the United States, Japan and China). In 1965–1972 he was head of Baku's KVN team. He introduced the uniform practice for all KVN teams. In 1993, he was elected to the State Duma of the first convocation (1993–1995). In 1988–2002 Gusman was chairman of the Cinematography Centre (Dom Kino) in Moscow. In 1996–2000 he hosted the primetime talk-show Tema and the weekly talk-show Vecher s Yuliem Gusmanom ("An Evening with Yuli Gusman") on Channel One (Russia). In 1996, he founded and became one of the CEOs of the Russian Jewish Congress. In 2004, he was awarded the Order of Friendship. He is married to Valida Gusman, a French language professor and retired lecturer in the Slavic Languages Department at Georgetown University.
As a director
As a director
• On One Fine Day (В один прекрасный день, Azerbaijanfilm, 1977) • Cottage for a Family (Дачный домик для одной семьи, Azerbaijanfilm, 1978) • Don't Be Afraid, I Am Here For You (Не бойся, я с тобой, Azerbaijanfilm, 1981) • Ice Floe In The Warm Sea (Льдина в тёплом море, 1986) • The Soviet Period Park (Парк советского периода, Slovo, 2006) • Don't Be Afraid, I Am Here For You! 1919 (Не бойся, я с тобой! 1919, Azerbaijanfilm, WaiT Media, 2011)
As an actor
As an actor
• Nastya (Mosfilm, 1993), as TV-host • The Soviet Period Park (Slovo, 2006), as himself
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Identity and overview
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that yuli Gusman is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation politician. It is also recorded that yuli Gusman is recorded with the occupation theatre director. Recorded with the occupation television presenter. Recorded with the occupation KVN actor. Recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as a citizen of Soviet Union. It is also recorded that yuli Gusman is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that yuli Gusman was born on 8 August 1943. Gusman worked at Moscow.
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