Mark Donskoy


Director

About

Also Known As
Mark Donskoi
Birth Place
Ukraine
Born
March 12, 1897
Died
March 24, 1981

Biography

Major Soviet filmmaker who studied under Eisenstein and is best known for his "Gorky" trilogy ("The Childhood of Maxim Gorky" 1938, "My Apprenticeship/Out in the World/Among People" 1939, "My Universities/University of Life" 1940), based on the early life of his celebrated writer friend. After a brief period of government harassment Donskoy returned to filmmaking with a remake of Vsevolo...

Family & Companions

Irina Donskoi
Wife
Screenwriter.

Notes

Some sources list 1901 as the year of his birth.

Biography

Major Soviet filmmaker who studied under Eisenstein and is best known for his "Gorky" trilogy ("The Childhood of Maxim Gorky" 1938, "My Apprenticeship/Out in the World/Among People" 1939, "My Universities/University of Life" 1940), based on the early life of his celebrated writer friend. After a brief period of government harassment Donskoy returned to filmmaking with a remake of Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1926 silent classic "Mother" (1956) which, like most of his films through the following decade, was somewhat lackluster. He returned to form with two films on Soviet leader V. I. Lenin, "Heart of a Mother" and "A Mother's Devotion" (both 1967), which were acclaimed for their brilliant evocation of pre-Soviet Russia.

Life Events

1926

First film as assistant director

1928

Feature film directing debut

Companions

Irina Donskoi
Wife
Screenwriter.

Bibliography

Notes

Some sources list 1901 as the year of his birth.