Vladimir Motyl

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovlevich and the family name is Motyl.
Vladimir Motyl
Lepiel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died21 February 2010 (aged 82)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Film director, theatre director, screenwriter
Years active1963–2010
Notable workWhite Sun of the Desert (1970)
TitlePeople's Artist of Russia (2003)

Vladimir Yakovlevich Motyl (Russian: Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Моты́ль; 26 June 1927 – 21 February 2010)[1] was a Soviet and Belarusian film director and screenwriter.[2][3]

Vladimir Motyl was born in

Urals, where he became fascinated in theatre and cinema, and later graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theatrical Institute. For about 10 years he worked in various theatres in the Urals and Siberia and eventually became chief director of Sverdlovsk Young Spectator's Theatre.[3]

He decided to start afresh in cinema, despite having no technical qualifications. Eventually he directed his first film, Children of

honorary citizen of Dushanbe (1977).[3]

His next film

Second World War
theme, and the director fell into disfavor.

Nevertheless, he was invited to direct a film which was to become one of the most popular Soviet

Red Western" (or technically, "Ostern") White Sun of the Desert. Notably, this film has a strong theme about exile, as its protagonist, Sukhov finds himself waylaid in Central Asia when trying to return home.[3]

For his work, Motyl received numerous awards.[3]

Filmography

  • 1963: Children of
    Pamirs
     (Дети Памира), film director
  • 1967: Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (Женя, Женечка и Катюша), playwright, film director
  • 1969: White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни), film director
  • 1975:
    Pushkin
    ), playwright, film director
  • 1980: Forest (Лес), playwright, film director
  • 1984: Unbelievable Bet (Невероятное пари), film director
  • 1987: My Best Respects (Честь имею), playwright
  • 1991: Let's Part while we're alright (Расстанемся, пока хорошие), playwright, film director
  • 1993: Okhlamon (Охламон), playwright, play director
  • 1996: Nesut menya koni (Несут меня кони), playwright, film director, music for the songs
  • 2009: Crimson Colour of the Snowfall (Багровый цвет снегопада), playwright, film director, music for the songs

Awards

Death

On 5 February 2010, Vladimir Motyl was at home alone when he felt ill. On the same day he was hospitalized in the city clinical hospital No. 67. Initially, he was suspected of a stroke, but in the hospital doctors found a fracture of the cervical vertebrae and pneumonia.[8]

On 21 February 2010 at approximately 11 pm Vladimir Motyl died at the age of 83.

References

  1. ^ Echo of Moscow 22 February 2010.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e Владимир Яковлевич Мотыль
  4. ^ Владимиру Мотылю — 80
  5. President of Russian Federation
    of July 12, 1996 № 1026
  6. President of Russian Federation
    of June 6, 1998 № 656
  7. ^ List of awards (Вручение правительственных наград российским кинематографистам) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Известный режиссёр Владимир Мотыль скончался в воскресенье в Москве

External links

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