Yuli Raizman

Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman (; December 15, 1903 – December 11, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973).

Career In 1924 he became a literary consultant for Mezhrabpom-Rus, the German-Russian film studio. He was assigned as assistant to Yakov Protazanov in 1925 and made his directorial debut in 1927 with The Circle,

His 7 Stalin/State Prizes made him one of the most decorated cultural figures in the Soviet Union. He was the first person to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nika Awards in 1988 presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science.

Personal life His uncle was Fedor Ozep.

He was married to Syuzanna Raizman (née Ter), who died in 1991.

Filmography Penal Servitude (1928) The Earth Is Thirsty (1930) Lyotchiki (1935) The Last Night (1936) – Stalin Prize second degree (1941) Virgin Soil Upturned (1939) Mashenka (1942) – Stalin Prize second degree (1943) Nebo Moskvy (1944) Fall of Berlin – 1945 (1945) – Stalin Prize first degree (1946) The Train Goes East (1947) Dream of a Cossack (1951) – Stalin Prize first degree (1952) The Communist (1957) But What If This Is Love (1961) Your Contemporary (1967) A Strange Woman (1977) Private Life (1982) – USSR State Prize (1983) Time of Desires (1984)

Awards and honors

Order of the Badge of Honour (1940) Six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1943, 1946, 1946, 1950, 1952) People's Artist of the Latvian SSR (1949) Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1950, 1963) People's Artist of the USSR (1964) Two Orders of Lenin (1967, 1973) Order of the October Revolution (1971) Hero of Socialist Labour (1973) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1983) USSR State Prize (1983) Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1986) Nika Award for the Lifetime Achievement Award (1988)