FILM DIRECTOR

Mikhail Kalatozov

1903 - 1973

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Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, Russian: Михаил Константинович Калатозов; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Kalatozov has received more than 192,432 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Mikhail Kalatozov is the 301st most popular film director (down from 243rd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 40th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Georgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 301 out of 2,041Before him are Mike Nichols, Stanley Kramer, Márta Mészáros, Shin Sang-ok, Ousmane Sembène, and Mamoru Oshii. After him are Satoshi Kon, Raúl Ruiz, John Boorman, Philippe de Broca, Jim Henson, and Paul Schrader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 87Before him are Yevgeny Mravinsky, Heinz Reinefarth, Werner Ostendorff, Evelyn Waugh, Prince Nicholas of Romania, and Charles W. Morris. After him are Silvina Ocampo, Otto Abetz, Lou Gehrig, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Anny Ondra, and Walker Evans. Among people deceased in 1973, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 74Before him are Katina Paxinou, Alan Watts, José Villalonga, Yaakov Dori, Robert Ryan, and Betty Grable. After him are Mary Wigman, Jacques Lipchitz, Marc Allégret, Bruno Maderna, Veronica Lake, and Shirali Muslimov.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 52 out of 406Before him are Władysław Raczkiewicz (1885), George XII of Georgia (1746), Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Bagrat IV of Georgia (1018), and Noe Zhordania (1868). After him are George IV of Georgia (1191), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Gabriel Urgebadze (1929), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), David VI of Georgia (1225), and Boris Akunin (1956).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Mikhail Kalatozov ranks 4Before him are Sergei Parajanov (1924), Otar Iosseliani (1934), and Rouben Mamoulian (1897). After him are Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), and Georgy Tovstonogov (1915).