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- Anastasiya Akatova was born on 16 February 1992 in Rybinsk, Russia. She is an actress, known for Rikoshet (2020), The Bride (2017) and Reshala: Brat (2022).
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People liked Joseph M. Schenck. Anyone who knew both him and his brother Nicholas Schenck would comment on how different they were. He came to New York in 1893 and, with his younger brother, built a drugstore business. They risked some profits and made more money in amusement parks. Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater and movie house chain in 1912. The brothers' personalities were quite different; Joe was affable and enjoyed keeping a deal together by finding common ground between business associates that often despised each other. His brother Nick was a cold, driven, hard-nosed businessman who thoroughly enjoyed keeping people on short leashes. In short, people were drawn to Joe and feared Nick.
Joe booked films, which gave him the opportunity to meet movie stars, among them Norma Talmadge, who became his wife in 1916. He was fascinated by Hollywood and wanted to get involved with movie production, whereas Nick was quietly managing Loew's burgeoning theatrical empire. Joe was far more enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle than his brother and wanted to take a much more active role in the production rather than the high finance end of the business. He saw his opportunity in 1917 to produce Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and the later D.W. Griffith films. At this point the brothers' lives took separate paths; Joe left Consolidated while Nick remained and soon became Marcus Loew's #2 man, assisting him in his dream of combining Metro Pictures with Goldwyn Pictures in order to provide the expanding theater chain with a steady flow of quality films (morphing into MGM, after bringing Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg on board in 1924), later ascending to the presidency of Loew's Incorporated's--MGM's parent company--after Marcus Loew's sudden death (quietly becoming the most powerful man in the motion picture industry) in late 1926. Joe became chairman of United Artists (which, somewhat ironically, lacked a theater chain--a factor that would ultimately cripple his brother's studio in the 1950s after the Supreme Court's anti-trust decision required theatrical divestment) in 1924, then its president in 1927.
In 1933 he helped Darryl F. Zanuck establish 20th Century Pictures, which merged with the ailing Fox Film Corp. in 1935, with Schenck as chairman of the renamed 20th Century-Fox. Organized crime had coveted Hollywood from a distance for years, but had been unable to make serious inroads into the area thanks to the brutally effective work of the Los Angeles Police Department's so-called "hat squad," which was tasked with keeping the city Mafia-free. The studio's weak link was through the growing thorns in their collective sides: the unions, whose membership and collectives spanned across state lines. In 1936 Willie Morris Bioff, a Chicago mobster out of the remnants of the Al Capone gang who ran the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators behind the scenes, told the studios they could avoid strikes (along with the implied work slowdowns and spontaneous theater fires) for $2 million. All agreed to pay, but Schenck made one of the payoffs with a personal check, which came to the attention of U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents. Thanks to the paper trail, Schenck was indicted for income tax evasion. With some applied pressure and soul-searching, Joe testified against Bioff and the titular union president, George E. Browne, in 1941 as part of a plea bargain. In 1946 he began to serve a one-year sentence for tax irregularities and bribery (of the union officials) but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after having served only four months.
After leaving prison he immediately returned to Fox as head of production. Marilyn Monroe became friendly with him in 1947 and was known as one of his "girlfriends", although she said the relationship was platonic. He was helpful in her career in any case, getting her a very small part in Fox's Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and convincing Harry Cohn at Columbia to give her a contract after Fox dropped her.
AMPAS awarded Schenck a special Oscar for services to the film industry in 1952. In 1953 he co-founded the Magna Corp. with Mike Todd to market the Todd-AO wide-screen system, which was wildly profitable (and remains a technological force in the movie industry to this day). Shortly after he retired in 1957, Schenck had a stroke and never fully recovered.- Director
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Eugen York was born on 26 November 1912 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Morituri (1948), Lockende Gefahr (1950) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He was married to Catja Görna. He died on 18 November 1991 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Stanislav Rostotsky was a renown Russian film director whose two films, The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) and White Bim Black Ear (1977) were nominated for Oscar and won other international awards.
He was born Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky on April 21, 1922, in Rybinsk, north of Moscow, Russia. His father, named Josef Boleslavovich Rostotsky, was a respected Medical Doctor and later became an official at State Department of Health. His mother, named Lidia Karlovna, was a homemaker. Young Rostotsky spent much of his childhood in a village in Central Russia. There he developed his special ability to uncover the beauty of wild nature, that later became a professional forte in his directing.
In 1936, at age 14, Rostotsky made his film debut as an actor in Bezhin lug (1937), albeit some parts of the film were lost, including most of Rostotsky's scenes. At that time he met the legendary director Sergei Eisenstein. Under the guidance from Eisenstein, young Rostotsky studied literature and arts, and focused on such writers as Honoré de Balzac and Émile Zola, composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, art of Japanese prints and Impressionist paintings by such artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas among others. Rostotsky and Eisenstein became life-long friends. Upon Eisenstein's advise, Rostotsky did not rush into film business until he achieved a well-rounded education, he attended Moscow Institute of Philosophy and Literature.
In February 1942 Rostotsky was drafted in the Red Army. After a brief training, he served as a private with the 6th Cavalry Guards Brigade at the Ukrainian Front, fighting against the Nazi troops during the Second World War. On February 11, 1944 Rostotsky was severely wounded in action; after having his leg amputated he undergone a comprehensive six-month treatment, and had to wear a prosthesis for the rest of his life. Rostotsky was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner for his courage in battle.
In August of 1944 Rostotsky became a student of director Grigoriy Kozintsev at Leningrad Institute of Cinematography. There he studied film directing for seven years, assisted in Kozintsev's films, and graduated in 1951 as a film director. From 1952 to 2001 he worked at Gorky Film Studio in Moscow. There he made 17 films as director, including his best films, We'll Live Till Monday (1968), 'A zori zdes tikhie' (1972), and 'Belyy Bim - chernoe ukho' (1977), the latter two received Oscar nominations and international acclaim.
Stanislav Rostotsky was awarded the State Prize of the USSR twice (1970, 1975). He was designated People's Artist of the USSR, and received numerous awards and decorations for his contribution to film art. He was a Member of the Board of Union of Cinematographers, and five times Member of the Jury at Moscow International Film Festival (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983). He also taught directing at State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, and wrote numerous articles on film directing and film history. He also wrote memoirs about Eisenstein, Gerasimov, Moskvin, and other Russian film figures. Rostotsky was married to notable Russian actress Nina Menshikova and their son, Andrey Rostotskiy was a popular film actor.
Outside of his film profession Stanislav Rostotsky was famous for his support of recreational fishing and was known for releasing his catch alive; he was decorated with the Medal of Honor "For Development of Fishing Resouces in Russia" and also presided at several sport fishing competitions. Stanislav Rostotsky died of a heart failure on August 11, 2001, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Vagankovskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Natalya Vintilova was born on 16 May 1978 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Vam - zadanie (2004) and Charter (2007).
- Mikhail Troynik was born on 24 March 1988 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Ikariya, YA tebya lyublyu - Je t'aime (2023) and Papasha v begakh (2023).
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Andrey Gusev was born on 18 September 1973 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. He is an actor, known for Ninel, Aleksandrovskiy sad (2006) and Uspeshnyy (2024).- Irina Loseva was born on 19 February 1970 in Rybinsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Niotkuda s lyubovyu, ili Vesyolye pokhorony (2006), Nizhnyaya Kaledoniya (2008) and Memento mori (1992). She is married to Sergei ?.
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Lev Oshanin was born on 17 May 1912 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, Russian Empire. He was a writer and composer, known for A világ ifjúsága (1950), The Good Shepherd (2006) and Po tu storonu (1958). He died on 1 January 1997 in Moscow, Russia.- Aleksandr Koltsov was born on 20 May 1973 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Graf Montenegro (2006), Daleko ot Sanset Bulvara (2006) and Nesluzhebnoe zadanie 2: Vzryv na rassvete (2005).
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Dmitry Belov was born on 19 July 1967 in Rybinsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is known for The Wizard of the Emerald City (1994).- Tatyana Ivanova was born on 5 September 1947 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, USSR. She was an actress, known for Odinozhdy odin (1975), Kotovskiy (2010) and Zhurov (2009). She died on 7 March 2021 in Yaroslavl, Russia.
- Georgiy Elnatanov was born on 25 August 1941 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for A Cruel Romance (1984), The crossroads of fate and House Arrest (2018).
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Actor, director. Born July 19, 1962 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region. He graduated from the Yaroslavl Theater School. In the early nineties he worked as an actor in the Yaroslavl Youth Theater. Director of films: "Poroda" (2002), "Ya vas zhdu..." (2010), "Novogodnie priklyucheniya" (2001) and others, participated in the creation of the series: "Boets" (2004), "Morskoy patrul" (2008), "Instruktor" (2003) and others. He participated in writing scripts for films: "Poroda" (2002), "Gidravlika" (2010). He participated in the filming and dubbing of films: "Karyera Artura Ui" (1996), "Klassik" (1998), "Zhestokost" (2007) and others, TV series: "Boets" (2004), "Morskoy patrul" (2008), "Next 2" (2002) and others. Served as the producer of the series "Lave" (2007).- Aleksandr Myagchenkov was born on 16 February 1954 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, USSR. He is an actor, known for Schaste Nikifora Bubnova (1983) and Provintsialnaya istoriya (1977).
- Mark Rastorguev was born on 25 January 1936 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Mednyy angel (1984) and Parashyutisty (1985). He died on 2 May 2015 in Nalchik, Russia.
- Boris Lifanov was born on 26 April 1913 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Eto nachinalos tak... (1956), Shchit i mech (1968) and Prodavets dozhdya (1975). He died on 25 October 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].