- Yuli Gusman
Yuli Solomonovich Gusman ( _ru. Юлий Гусман) (born
8 August 1943 ,Baku ) is a Soviet,Russia n andAzerbaijan i film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the prestigiousNika Award .Life and career
Yuli Gusman was born in
Baku , Azerbaijan to military physician Solomon Gusman and actress Lola Barsuk, who later became a translator and professor at theAzerbaijan University of Languages . His brother Mikhail is the vice-president of theInformation Telegraph Agency of Russia . In 1966 Yuli Gusman graduated from theAzerbaijan Medical University , majoring intherapeutics , and in 1970 earned a Master's Degree in Psychology and Psychiatry. He wrote a research paper to defend a thesis for another medical degree, but chose not to do so after being admitted to the Higher Film Directing Courses atGoskino . Upon graduating in 1976 he worked at "Azerbaijanfilm " where he created and directed stage performances and was the director of the satiricalnewsreel "Mozalan". In the 1970s and the 1980s he worked as manager and director of theAzerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy and theSong Theatre . He has directed seven films, including outside the Soviet Union (in theUnited States ,Japan andChina ).ru icon [http://www.glomu.ru/dossier/julij_gusman/about_author.html Yuli Gusman] . "Gloria Mundi"]In 1965–1972 he was head of Baku's
KVN team. He introduced the uniform practice for all KVN teams. In 1993 he was elected to theState Duma of the first convocation (1993–1995). In 1988–2002 Gusman was chairman of the Cinematography Centre ("Dom Kino") inMoscow . In 1996–2000 he hosted the primetime talk-show "Tema" and the weekly talk-show "Vecher s Yuliem Gusmanom" ("An Evening with Yuli Gusman") onChannel One (Russia) . In 1996 he founded and became one of the CEOs of theRussian Jewish Congress . In 2004 he was awarded with theOrder of Friendship .He is married to Valida Gusman, a
French language teacher, and has a daughter named Lola.Notable filmography
As a director
* "On One Fine Day" (Azerbaijanfilm, 1977)
* "Cottage for a Family" (Azerbaijanfilm, 1978)
* "Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You" (Azerbaijanfilm, 1981)
* "The Soviet Period Park" (Slovo, 2006)As an actor
*"Nastya" (
Mosfilm , 1993), as TV-host
*"The Soviet Period Park" (Slovo, 2006), as himselfReferences
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348901/ Yuli Gusman] on the
Internet Movie Database
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