Aleksandr Mitta(1933-2025)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Russian film director and screenwriter Alexander Mitta was born 28 March 1933 in Moscow. Alexander Mitta's career as film director and screenwriter spans from the 1960s until the 2010s.
He studied engineering in 1955, then worked as a cartoonist in art and magazines. In 1960 Mitta graduated at the film directing faculty of the VGIK.
Striving to expand the genre borders Mitta turned to the Western genre of catastrophe movie adapted to soviet reality. The experiment turned to be successful: millions of viewers saw the film Ekipazh (1980).
In 1983 he directed his landmark film The Story of the Voyages (1983) starring Andrey Mironov and Tatyana Aksyuta.
In 1991 he shot Soviet-British political drama Lost in Siberia (1991) starring Anthony Andrews. The film was nominated as the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Golden Globe Awards.
In 2013 he shot last film Chagall-Malevich (2014) about the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. His most famous movie of that time is the TV-Series Granitsa. Tayozhnyy roman (2000).
He studied engineering in 1955, then worked as a cartoonist in art and magazines. In 1960 Mitta graduated at the film directing faculty of the VGIK.
Striving to expand the genre borders Mitta turned to the Western genre of catastrophe movie adapted to soviet reality. The experiment turned to be successful: millions of viewers saw the film Ekipazh (1980).
In 1983 he directed his landmark film The Story of the Voyages (1983) starring Andrey Mironov and Tatyana Aksyuta.
In 1991 he shot Soviet-British political drama Lost in Siberia (1991) starring Anthony Andrews. The film was nominated as the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Golden Globe Awards.
In 2013 he shot last film Chagall-Malevich (2014) about the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. His most famous movie of that time is the TV-Series Granitsa. Tayozhnyy roman (2000).
