Biography
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (Russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian 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.
Filmography
all 7
Movies 7
Director 5
Writer 1
Uncle Andrei
Nightingale (1936)
Movie
Director
Carnival of Colours (1935)
Movie
Director
Road to Life (1931)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1902-06-14
Deathday1976-07-13 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceRiga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]
CitizenshipsSoviet Union
Also Known AsНиколай Экк
AwardsHonored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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