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- Birth nameMikhail Kalatozishvili
- Mikheil Kalatozishvili was born on December 28, 1903 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), True Friends (1954) and Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950). He died on March 27, 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Born in the same town as the genius Sergei Parajanov
- Was censured by the Soviet government for 'negativism' and forced to do administrative work for seven years (1932-1939), before being allowed to resume his directing career.
- In the Georgian film industry as actor, cameraman and editor from 1923, graduating to directing in 1928.
- Spent eighteen months in Los Angeles during World War II on a diplomatic assignment. This allowed him to watch Hollywood films unavailable in the USSR.
- Father of Giorgi Kalatozishvili. Grandfather of film director Mikheil Kalatozishvili.
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