KIMYAGAROV Boris Alekseevich
(09/30/1920 - 04/19/1979), film director, People's Artist of Tajikistan (1960), laureate of the State Prize USSR (1952), laureate of the State Prize of Tajikistan named after A. Rudaki (1972). Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1957). Awarded with: two Orders of the Badge of Honor (1952, 1957), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1957), the Medal For the Valiant labor "(1946), a certificate of honor of the Soviet Peace Committee (1959), six certificates of honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR, a certificate of honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1968), a badge of honor" Excellence in culture of the USSR. " Excellence in cinematography of the USSR. Graduated from the faculty of directing (workshop of S. Eisenstein) of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Moscow, 1944). Prior to his studies, from 1936 he worked as an actor and assistant director in the theater for young spectators in the city of Kokand, Uzbek SSR. In the cinematography of Tajikistan since 1944 - production director feature films, screenwriter and director of documentaries. The founder of the historical, epic genre in Tajik cinema. One of the founders, first secretary of the board of the Union of Cinematographers of Tajikistan (1962-1975). At the congress of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1965) he was elected a member of the board, at the congress (1970) - the Secretary of the USSR Investigative Committee. Awards for All-Union and International Film Festivals: bronze medal and honorary diploma of the IFF in Venice (1947) for documentary the film "Tajikistan"; diploma of the All-Union Film Festival of Television Films in Baku (1978) for the television feature film "A Man Changes His Skin" (5 episodes); the main prize "Golden Eagle" at the IFF of Asian and African countries in Cairo (1959) and a diploma from the All-Union Film Festival in Minsk (1960) for the film "The Fate of a Poet"; the prize of the All-Union Film Festival in Tbilisi (1971) for the film "Rustam and Sukhrob"; prizes for the best directing of a complex staged film and the best visual solution of the All-Union Film Festival in Riga (1976) for the film "The Tale of Siyavush" (2 episodes). The USSR State Prize was awarded for the full-length documentary film "Soviet Tajikistan", the State Prize of Tajikistan named after A. Rudaki - for the feature films "The Tale of Rustam" and "Rustam and Sukhrob". By the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Tajik SSR No. 19 of January 30, 1981 "On the perpetuation of memory" the name of BA Kimyagarov is given to the House of Cinema of the Union of Cinematographers of Tajikistan. With his appeal to the great past of the Tajiks, as well as their modern culture, talented adaptation of the poems "Shahnameh" by Firdousi, the works of S. Aini, M. Tursunzade presented to the world the greatness of the spiritual heritage of Tajiks, as well as the revival of the people - the bearer and continuer of the traditions of Indo-European culture. FILMOGRAPHY. Stage director feature films: "Dohunda" (1956), "High Position" (1958), "The Fate of a Poet" (1959), "Banner of a Blacksmith" (1961), "There Will Be No Silence" (1963), "Peaceful Time" (1965) , "Hasan-arbakesh" (1965), "As the heart commands" (1968), "The Legend of Rustam" (2 episodes, 1970), "Rustam and Sukhrob" (1971), "One life is not enough" (1974), " The Legend of Siyavush "(2 episodes, 1976)," A man changes his skin "(5 episodes, television, 1978). Scriptwriter and director of documentaries: "Tajikistan" (co-director, 1946), "In the Pamir Mountains" (1947), "Valley of Millionaires" (1948), "Great Power" (1949), "Sadriddin Aini" (1949), " The Land of Youth "(co-author of the script, 1950)," Soviet Tajikistan "(1951), "Pamir" (1951), "In the Pamir" (1952), "Holiday of the Tajik people" (co-author of the script, 1955), "People of the sunny country" (1957), "Our neighbors" (1959), "In the icy heart of the Pamirs" (1959), “Hello, Tajikistan” (1960), “Four songs about Tajikistan” (1964), “Singer of the native land” (1968), “Cinema of Tajikistan” (1972), “Memorable meetings” (1974), “Eternal light "(1978). Director of the documentary "Valley of the Vakhsh River" (1954). He wrote scripts for documentaries: "Good luck" (1962), "To Lenin Peak" (1969), "Art of Tajikistan" (1969), "Mukhamedzhan Kasymov" (1973). Artistic director of the documentary film "Hello Spring to Russia" (1967). A documentary film about the life and work of B. Kimyagarov: "Chronicle of Memory" (director E. Kimyagarova, 1989).
