
Biography
Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili (Russian: Михаи́л Ио́сифович Туманишви́ли), born 19 June 1935, died 22 December 2010, was a Russian stage and film director and actor. Tumanishvili is best known of his 1980s action films Hit Back, Incident at Map Grid 36-80 and The Detached Mission, which is often referred as the Soviet Rambo.He was born in Moscow as the son of film director Josef Tumanishvili, who was also the chief of Moscow Operetta Theatre and the Bolshoi Theatre. Tumanishvili graduated from the actors faculty of Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and the musical direction department of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. He worked as a stage director in Pushkin Theatre and started making films in 1981. Tumanishvili was the head director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Filmography
All 14
Movies 14
Director 13

Doroga, Vedushaya k Schastyu (2009)

Second wind (2008)

Komnata s vidom na ogni (2007)

Юкка (1998)

Crusader (1995)

Stalin's testament (1993)

Wolfhound (1991)

Avariya - Cop's Daughter (1989)

Свободное падение (1988)

The Detached Mission (1985)

Obstacle Course (1984)

Incident at Map-Grid 36-80 (1982)

Return Move (1981)

Leningrad Symphony (1957)
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Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1935-06-19
Deathday2010-12-22 (75 years old)
Place of birthMoscow, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also known asMikhail Tumanishvili, Михаил Туманишвили
AwardsHonored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
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