Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya (, 24 July 1881 – 30 October 1971) was a Russian actress and film director. She was one of the first female film directors and the first female film director in Russia.
She is best known for directing the films Women of Ryazan (1927) and And Quiet Flows the Don (1930).
Biography Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya was born on 24 July 1881, in Moscow. From 1901 to 1904, she studied in the actor school of Moscow Art Theater. From 1905, she worked in theaters in Poltava, Tbilisi, Riga, Odessa, Voronezh and Moscow.
In 1913, she debuted as film actress in , directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, and she starred in several popular adaptations of Russian classics, such as War and Peace and On the Eve (both 1915). Preobrazhenskaya was one of the founders of the actor school of the VGIK, where she taught from 1918 to 1925.
In 1916 Preobrazhenskaya directed Miss Peasant — it was her directorial debut. When it was released it received praise, but since it was the debut film of a woman director, it was treated with distrust, and on the posters and reviews her name was often written with a male ending or attributed to other directors.
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1923 she worked as a director at the Goskino film studio (now Mosfilm), was the second director on the films Locksmith and Chancellor (1923). Starting in 1927, she collaborated with film director Ivan Pravov, with whom she made several films together. Their most well-known films were Women of Ryazan (1927) and And Quiet Flows the Don (1930).
Filmography As Actress YearTitleRoleNotes1924Locksmith and Chancellor (Слесарь и канцлер)1923The Landowner (Помещик) 1919The Iron Heel (Железная пята) 1916Whose Guilt? (Чья вина?)1916Deep Pool (Омут) 1916The Great Passion (Великая страсть)1915Privalov's Millions (Приваловские миллионы) 1915Plebeian (Плебей)1915Peterburg Slums (Петербургские трущобы)1915On the Eve (Накануне)1915The Garnet Bracelet (Гранатовый браслет) 1915War and Peace (Война и мир)1914Mask of Death (Маска смерти)1914A Nest of Gentlefolk (Дворянское гнездо)1914Dionysus' Anger (Гнев Диониса)1913The Keys to Happiness (Ключи счастья)
As Director YearTitleRoleNotes1941Lad from Taiga (Парень из тайги)Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov1939Stepan Razin (Степан Разин)Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov 1935Paths of Enemies (Вражьи тропы)Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov 1930And Quiet Flows the Don (Тихий Дон)Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov 1929The Last Attraction (Последний аттракцион) Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov 1928A Town Full of Light (Светлый город) Directorco-directed with Ivan Pravov1927Women of Ryazan (Бабы рязанские) Director1927Anne (Аня)Director1926Kashtanka (Каштанка) Director1925Fedka's truth (Федькина правда)Director1923The Landowner (Помещик) Director1918Tale of Priest Pankrat (Сказка о попе Панкрате)Director1917Victoria (Виктория)Director1916Miss Peasant (Барышня - крестьянка)Directorco-directed with Vladimir Gardin
References
External links