Nikita Fedorovich Kurikhin ( 1922 - 1968 ) - Soviet director and screenwriter. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1944 .
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| Date of Birth | December 1, 1922 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , RSFSR | |||||
| Date of death | July 6, 1968 (45 years) | |||||
| Place of death | Baltic , USSR | |||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | |||||
| Profession | film director screenwriter | |||||
| Career | 1953 - 1968 | |||||
| Direction | socialist realism | |||||
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Biography
NF Kurikhin was born in Moscow on December 1, 1922 in the family of the actor FN Kurikhin .
From 1941 to 1947 he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army . During World War II served radio ADD Air Force .
In 1953 he graduated from the directing faculty of VGIK (workshop of L. V. Kuleshov ). In 1953-1958 he worked as an assistant director, then as a director at Mosnauchfilm . Author of a number of popular science films, stories and essays. (Unfortunately, this period of Nikita Kurikhin’s work is almost unknown.)
Since 1958 - director of film studio "Lenfilm" . And in the same year he staged his first full-length feature film “The Last Inch” (together with T. Yu. Vulfovich ).
In the painting "The Lark" Nikita Kurikhin worked with L. I. Menaker .
As Leonid Menaker recalled: “At the studio, Kurikhin was said to be a wonderful editor, but he was not able to work with the actors, he was even afraid of them. My task was to help with the actors. As a result, I became an equal co-master. Together we shot another picture. Don't forget ... Lugovaya station " [1] .
He died in a car accident on his "Zaporozhets" ( ZAZ-965 ) [1] with his wife on July 6, 1968, on the way to rest in the Baltic States .
Filmography
Production Director
- 1956 - Start in the stratosphere (popular science, together with T. Yu. Vulfovich)
- 1958 - If the mountains could talk ... (popular science, together with T. Yu. Vulfovich)
- 1958 - The Last Inch (with T. Yu. Vulfovich )
- 1960 - It is impossible to cross the bridge (with T. Yu. Vulfovich )
- 1961 - The Barrier of Uncertainty [2]
- 1964 - The Lark (with L. I. Menaker )
- 1966 - Do not forget ... the Lugovaya station (together with L. I. Menaker )
- 1968 - Autobiography Sheets ( Documentary )
Screenwriter
- 1968 - Autobiography Sheets ( Documentary )
Recognition and awards
- 1960 - All-Union Film Festival (Second prize for children's films, for the film “Last inch”)
- The prize “Golden Pen” to the film “The Barrier of Uncertainty” at the II International Film Festival of Aviation and Space Films in Vichy , France (1965) [2] .
- The premiere of the film "The Lark" was held in the 1965 Cannes Film Festival competition [3] .
- two orders of the Red Star (11.5.1944; 14.9.1945)
- Medal "For the Defense of Moscow" (1.5.1944)
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (12/22/1942)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Elena Petrova. Leonid Menaker: “Saint Bernards are no ex” . AiF Petersburg № 50 (487). The date of circulation is December 10, 2012. Archived January 17, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 “The Barrier of Uncertainty” Archival copy of June 24, 2011 on the Wayback Machine in the Annotated Film Catalog of the Lenfilm Studio 1918—2003
- ↑ JAVORONOK Unc . Festival de Cannes. The date of circulation is December 10, 2012. Archived January 17, 2013.
Links
- Nikita Kurikhin (Inaccessible link) . Movies Encyclopedia of domestic cinema. The date of circulation is November 4, 2013. Archived March 5, 2016.
- Kurikhin Nikita Fedorovich . Article Online encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius. The appeal date is November 4, 2013.
- Kurikhin Nikita Fedorovich . Encyclopedia of cinema . Academician. The appeal date is December 12, 2013.