Name Izya Gershtein Role Filmmaker | Awards Lenin Komsomol Prize | |
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Born 22 June 1923 ( 1923-06-22 ) Kiev, USSR Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Cameraman Died February 13, 2013, Haifa, Israel | ||
"Izya Abramovich Gershtein" (Russian Изя Абрамович Герштейн; 22 June 1923, Kiev, USSR — 13 February 2013, Haifa, Israel) — A notable Kyrgyz Soviet documentary filmmaker, cameraman and director. People's Artist of Kyrgyz SSR, Honoured Culture Worker of Kyrgyz SSR (1974), Lenin Komsomol Prize Laureate.
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Biography
In 1941 and 1942 he worked as a technician at the Aktyubinsk power plant. In 1942 became an assistant cameraman at the Frunze "Sibtechfilm" news and documentary film studio.
Later in 1942 he started working at the Kyrgyzfilm studio, eventually becoming a director. Directed (and often wrote the screenplays) the following documentary films (a short list) "Right flank man" (Russian «Правофланговый») (1960), "Three answers for the mountains" (Russian «Три ответа горам») (1963), "Shift" (Russian «Смена») (1964), "Boomerang" (Russian «Бумеранг») (1965), "There, past the mountains, lies the horizon" (Russian «Там, за горами, горизонт») (1966), "Cape of the bay runner" (Russian «Мыс гнедого скакуна») (1966), "Chingiz Aitmatov" (Russian «Чингиз Айтматов») (1968), "Pamir – the roof of the world" (Russian «Памир — крыша мира») (1969), "A happy man" (Russian «Счастливый человек») (1972), "Why the reward?" (Russian «За что премия?») (1973), "Sheepherders" (Russian «Чабаны») (1977), "Farewell, windmill" (Russian «Прощай, мельница») (1978), "Four portraits" (Russian «Четыре портрета») (1979), "For sale to demolish" (Russian «Продаётся на слом») (1982; Winner of the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival prize, 1983) and others.
His work is characterized by a sharp journalistic vision and an expressive editing style.
During the second part of the 1990s, emigrated to Israel.
Izya Abramovich Gershtein died on 13 February 2013, in Haifa, Israel.
Filmography
Most notable works