Pyotr Todorovsky
Pyotr Jefimowitsch Todorowski (Russian Пётр Ефимович Тодоровский, scientific transliteration Pёtr Efimovič Todorovskij; born August 26, 1925 in Bobrynez, Ukrainian SSR, † May 24, 2013 in Moscow) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and composer.
Life
Todorowski visited from 1943, the military school in Saratov in 1944 and drafted into the army, where he was wounded. Until 1949 Todorowski was active as an officer and then enrolled at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, where he studied with cameraman Boris Woltschek until 1954. Then he was almost ten years at the Odessa Film Studio worked as a cameraman. His film debut as a cinematographer was Todorowski 1955 in Moldova melodies of Wassiliewski, 1956 followed in the spring Saretschnoi Street. International Todorowski made in 1965 attracted attention when he received the award for the best film debut for loyalty at the International Film Festival in Venice. He is best known as the director of the film front Romance, which was nominated for a 1984 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Todorowski wrote film scores and has written screenplays for several films in which he also directed. In Был месяц май (1970) and Трясина (1977 ), he joined also as an actor.
Family
Todorowski was married in first marriage to actress Nadezhda Cherednichenko. His second wife married in 1962 Todorowski scriptwriter Mira Todorowskaja. The marriage comes Valeri Todorowski son (* 1962), which is active as a filmmaker and television producer.
Filmography
Unless otherwise stated, as a director: