Nikolai Ekk

Nikolai Ekk
Born
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivakin

(1902-06-14)14 June 1902
Died14 July 1976(1976-07-14) (aged 74)
OccupationsFilm director
Screenwriter

Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (Russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Russian film director and screenwriter in the Soviet Union. His surname was Ivakin (Russian: Ивакин) and "Ekk" was a pseudonym.[1][2]

Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film Road to Life and the first Soviet color motion picture film The Nightingale.

Filmography

  • How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо) (1929)
  • Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь) (1931)
  • Carnival of Colors (1935)

Family

Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress Valentina Ivashova.[3]

References

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 210–211. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. ^ "Ивашёва Валентина Семёновна". 6 June 2024.