Mark Donskoy

Mark Semyonovich Donskoy (Марк Семёнович Донско́й; 6 March 1901 – 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director. His most famous work (Stalin Prize in 1941) was the Gorky Trilogy, consisting of The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, My Apprenticeship, and My Universities.

Selected filmography

 * The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
 * Rainbow (1944)
 * The Unvanquished (1945)
 * Mother (1955)
 * A Mother's Heart (1965)

Honours and awards

 * Stalin Prizes:
 * 2nd class (1941) – for The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) and People (1939)
 * 1st class (1946) – for Rainbow (1943)
 * 1st class (1948) – for Village Teacher (1947)
 * USSR State Prize (1968) – for Heart Mother (1966)
 * People's Artist of USSR (1966)
 * Hero of Socialist Labour (1971)
 * Two Orders of Lenin
 * Order of the October Revolution (18 March 1981)
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour
 * Highest Award of the American Film Critics Association 1944 – for Rainbow
 * Award of Daily News – for best foreign film shown in the U.S. in 1944 (Rainbow)
 * Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival 1946 – for The Unvanquished
 * Special prize of the Italian journalists Venice IFF 1948 – for My Universities
 * Award for Best Director Film Festival in Paris 1949 – for The Country Teacher
 * First Prize in Stockholm International Film Festival 1949 – for My Universities
 * Prize R. Unningtona Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1955 – for The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, The People and My Universities
 * Prize for best director at the Locarno International Film Festival 1960 – for Foma Gordeev
 * Special Diploma in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1970 – for Rainbow