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Mark Donskoy

Overview

Mark Semyonovich Donskoy[a] (6 March [O.S. 21 February] 1901 – 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and studio administrative head. Donskoy was born in Odessa in a Jewish family. During the Civil War, he served in the Red Army (1921-1923), and was held captive by the White Russians for ten months. After he was freed, he was discharged from military service.

He studied psychology and psychiatry at the Crimean Medical School. In 1925 he graduated from the legal department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Crimean M.V. Frunze University in Simferopol. He worked in investigative bodies, in the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR, and in the bar association. He published a collection of short stories drawn from his life called "Prisoners" (1925).

Donskoy began his career in film in 1926. He worked in the script department, but soon advanced as an assistant director in Moscow. Later he worked in Leningrad as an editing assistant. In 1935 he became the first Soviet dubbing director; he dubbed the American film The Invisible Man.

Following this, he directed numerous films. He also worked from time to time as a studio administrator: in 1938–1941, and in 1945-1955 he was the administrative director of Soyuzdetfilm's film studio in Moscow; in 1942-1945 and in 1955-1957 he was director of the Kiev film studio; after 1957, he was director and art director of the Maxim Gorky film studio where he mentored Ousmane Sembène.

His wife was the screenwriter Irina Borisovna Donskaya [ru] (1918–1983).

Known for

Acting
1927 Prostitute Actor 58
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Directing
1978 Suprugi Orlovy Directing Director 59
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1973 Nadezhda Directing Director 59
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1967 Верность матери Directing Director N/A
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1966 A Mother's Heart Directing Director 59
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1962 Hello, Children! Directing Director N/A
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1959 Foma Gordeyev Directing Director 59
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1957 The Horse That Cried Directing Director 58
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1956 Mother Directing Director 58
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1950 Alitet Leaves for the Hills Directing Director 59
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1947 The Village Teacher Directing Director 58
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1945 The Taras Family Directing Director 59
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1944 Rainbow Directing Director 58
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1942 How the Steel Was Tempered Directing Director 58
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1941 The Romantics Directing Director N/A
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1940 My Universities Directing Director 58
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1939 My Apprenticeship Directing Director 58
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1938 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Directing Director 59
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1934 Song of Happiness Directing Director N/A
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1927 In the Big City Directing Director 59
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Writing
1978 Suprugi Orlovy Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 Foma Gordeyev Writing Writer 59
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1956 Mother Writing Writer 58
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1945 The Taras Family Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 How the Steel Was Tempered Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 My Universities Writing Writer 58
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1939 My Apprenticeship Writing Writer 58
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1938 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Writing Writer 59
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Editing
1928 His Excellency Editing Editor 59
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