Emanuel Kalantarov
Film production designer born in Samarkand who worked at Uzbekfilm on dozens of pictures, among them Ulugh Beg’s Star and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1979).
Biography
Emanuel (Emmanuil) Markelovich Kalantarov was born on 3 June 1932 in Samarkand. He was a Soviet Uzbek film artist. He graduated from VGIK in 1959 and began working in cinema while still a student.
At the Uzbekfilm studio he worked with leading Uzbek directors. From 1960 he designed films including Ob etom govorit vsya makhalla, Salom, Bahor!, Ulugh Beg’s Star, Dilorom, Her Name Is Spring, Without Fear, Abu Rayhan Beruni, Man Goes After the Birds, House Under the Hot Sun and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; his last works were The Daughters-in-Law's Revolt and Our Grandson Works in the Police (both 1984).
Awards: in 1976 a prize of the All-Union Film Festival for Man Goes After the Birds; in 1977 the Lenin Komsomol Prize for the visual design of House Under the Hot Sun; in 1979 the title People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR; in 1980 a prize of the All-Union Film Festival for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (shared with Babu Rao Padar). From 1980 he taught. He died in Tashkent on 5 August 1984 and is buried at the Bukharan Jewish cemetery there.
Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK)University · 1959
Career
- Uzbekfilm studioFilm artist · Tashkent · 1960–1980
Awards
People's Painter of the Uzbek SSR1979 · Uzbek SSR
Life path
- 1932Born in Samarkand
3 June.
- 1959Graduated from VGIK
Had already worked in cinema as a student.
- 1960Start at Uzbekfilm
Artist of Ob etom govorit vsya makhalla.
- 1976All-Union Film Festival prize
For Man Goes After the Birds.
- 1977Lenin Komsomol Prize
For the visual design of House Under the Hot Sun.
- 1979People's Artist title
Awarded the title People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR.
- 1980All-Union Film Festival prize
For Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, shared with Babu Rao Padar; he taught from this year.
- 1984Death
Died in Tashkent on 5 August.