Kamil Yarmatov

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Yarmatov on a Uzbek postage stamp from 2003

Kamil Jarmatowitsch Jarmatow ( Russian Камиль Ярматович Ярматов , Uzbek Komil Yormatov ; born April 19 . Jul / 2. May  1903 greg. In Kanibadam , Russian empire , today Tajikistan ; † 17th November 1978 in Tashkent , USSR ) was a Soviet film director.

Life

Yarmatow came from an Uzbek family from Kanibadam in what is now Tajikistan. After graduating from school, Yarmatov went to Moscow in the 1920s , where he initially studied at the State University of Transportation . At the same time he attended acting courses and finally switched to the renowned Gerasimow Institute for Cinematography . He completed his studies there in 1931.

Kamil Jarmatow made his directorial debut in 1932 with the film "Emigrant", a Tajik film production. In the next few years, Yarmatov's numerous other directorial works followed, and he occasionally appeared as an actor. In 1940 he received an award for his work for the first time, the Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union . One of his best-known films was the monumental film The Poet Alischer Nawoi , released in 1948 , which was made by Uzbekfilm in Tashkent . Also in 1948 he received the Stalin Prize, which was abolished a few years later . In 1956 his film Awizenna was released . In 1959, Yarmatov was honored as a People's Artist of the USSR .

Yarmatov died in Tashkent in 1978.

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SURNAME Yarmatov, Kamil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jarmatow, Kamil Jarmatowitsch (full name); Ярматов, Камиль Ярматович (Russian); Yormatov, Komil (UzS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanibadam , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1978
Place of death Tashkent , USSR