Nikolai Litus

Nikolai Gnatovich Litus (Ukrainian: Літус Микола Гнатович; 15 January 1925 – 21 February 2022) was a Ukrainian film director. He was a Merited Artist of Ukraine.[1][2]

Nikolai Litus
Літус Микола
Litus in 2021
Born
Nikolai Gnatovich Litus

(1925-01-15)15 January 1925
Tsybuliv, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died21 February 2022(2022-02-21) (aged 97)
Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
Other namesMykola Litus, Mikola Lytus
OccupationDirector

Life and career

Born in Tsybuliv, a village in the Uman Raion district, after graduating from the Leningrad Infantry School he fought in the Eastern Front of World War II.[2] After the war he graduated in history at the Kirov Pedagogical Institute (today Vyatka State University), and later studied directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and worked as an assistant of Alexander Zarkhi.[2]

The feature film debut he co-directed with Shamsi Kiamov, Moi Drug Navrusov ("My Friend Navrusov") was censored and never screened because of its criticism of Soviet bureaucracy.[3][4] He later directed documentaries and some popular films for Dovzhenko Film Studios, notably the 1963 comedy Queen of the Gas Station.[1][2]

Beyond his cinema activity, between 1968 and 1983 Litus was lecturer at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.[2]

Litus died in Kirovohrad Oblast on 21 February 2022, at the age of 97.[1][5]

References
  1. "Помер режисер «Королеви бензоколонки», уродженець Кіровоградщини Микола Літус". CBN News (in Ukrainian). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. "Николай Литус - Биография". Кино-Театр.Ру (in Russian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (2002). Being & Becoming, the Cinemas of Asia. Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-333-93820-1.
  4. Donmez-Colin, Gonul (2012). Cinemas of the Other: A Personal Journey with Film-Makers from Iran and Turkey: 2nd Edition. Intellect Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84150-765-1.
  5. "Лютнева втрата. Відійшов засвіти кінорежисер Микола ЛІТУС". Ukrkino. Retrieved 27 February 2022.


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