Tatyana Lioznova

Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova (; 20 July 192429 September 2011) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring.

Personal life

Tatyana Lioznova was born in Moscow to parents Moses Alexandrovich (Russian: Моисей Александрович) and Ida Israilevna (Russian: Ида Израилевна). Her father worked as an economic engineer, but died in the early years of WWII, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. She was raised by her mother, who had a limited education, but worked hard to provide for her daughter.

Lioznova never had children of her own, but had an adopted daughter, Lyudmila Lisina.

In 2011, Lioznova died in Moscow, and is buried next to her mother in Moscow's Donskoye Cemetery.

All of Lioznova's featuresfrom Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967), a cult film of the 1960s, to her last movie, Carnival (1981),are distinguished by open narratives, psychologically penetrating close-ups, and poignant musical scores.

The drama Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967) sprouted from Aleksandra Pakhmutova’s song “Tenderness”. It told the story of a nearly sprung love of a taxi driver and a married peasant woman.

In 1971, Lioznova began work on a television series entitled Seventeen Moments of Spring (Russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны), which aired in 1973 and became one of the most successful Soviet spy thrillers ever made. The twelve-part series gathered a cult following and won several state awards.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Lioznova did not shoot any more films.

Tribute On 20 July 2020, Google celebrated her 96th birthday with a Google Doodle.

A plaque on the facade of the Gorky Film Studio building was dedicated to Lioznova in 2016 as a memorial to the director and the forty years she spent working for the studio.

Filmography

Memory of the Heart (1958) Yevdokiya (1961) They Conquer the Skies (1963) At Early Morning (1965) Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967) Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973); TV mini-series We, the Undersigned (1981) Carnival (1981) End of the World with Symposium to Follow (1986)

Honours and awards Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; 3rd class (20 July 1999) – for outstanding contribution to cinema 4th class (20 July 2009) – for outstanding contribution to the development of the domestic art of film and many years of creative activity Order of Honour (9 March 1996) – for services to the state, many years of fruitful work in the arts and culture Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1969) Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the October Revolution (1982) People's Artist of the USSR (1984) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974) Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1969) Special Prize of the President of the Russian Federation "For outstanding contribution to the development of Russian cinema" (12 June 2000) Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1976) – a multi-part television film "Seventeen Moments of Spring"