Nikolai Ekk
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Nikolai Ekk on 2002 Russian stamp
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivakin 14 June 1902 Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died | 14 July 1976 (aged 74) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
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Film director Screenwriter |
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (Russian: Николай Владимирович Экк) (14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (Russian: Ивакин).
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.
Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress Valentina Ivashova.
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