Eldar Kaisynovich Kuliev (31 December 1951 â€" 14 January 2017) was a
Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was born to the family of
Kaisyn Kuliev, an acclaimed Balkar poet, in Frunze during the
deportation of the Balkars to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan . His younger
brother Alim Kouliev is a Russian-American actor living and working in
Hollywood. His youngest brother Azamat Kuliev is a Russian painter
living and working in Istanbul, Turkey.Kuliev graduated from directing
class of Aleksandr Zguridy at the All-Union State Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. He was married to a Russian poet
Bella Akhmadulina. From that marriage they have a daughter Elizaveta
Kulieva, a Russian poet. He is a writer of original script for the TV
miniseries The Wounded Stones, named after his father's poetry book
and developed at Dovzhenko Film Studios (USSR) in 1987. His novel The
Farewell Look, written in Russian, was translated to Balkar language
and published in literary magazine Mingitau in Nalchik. The Soviet
Officials and the authorities considered Kuliev's creative work,
contrary to the "general line" of the existing political regime. He
could not publish any other novel or accomplish any film project in
the USSR.Although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Kuliev could not
continue his career as a result of a car accident and a subsequent
serious illness. Kuliev died in his apartment in Moscow on 14 January
2017.
Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was born to the family of
Kaisyn Kuliev, an acclaimed Balkar poet, in Frunze during the
deportation of the Balkars to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan . His younger
brother Alim Kouliev is a Russian-American actor living and working in
Hollywood. His youngest brother Azamat Kuliev is a Russian painter
living and working in Istanbul, Turkey.Kuliev graduated from directing
class of Aleksandr Zguridy at the All-Union State Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. He was married to a Russian poet
Bella Akhmadulina. From that marriage they have a daughter Elizaveta
Kulieva, a Russian poet. He is a writer of original script for the TV
miniseries The Wounded Stones, named after his father's poetry book
and developed at Dovzhenko Film Studios (USSR) in 1987. His novel The
Farewell Look, written in Russian, was translated to Balkar language
and published in literary magazine Mingitau in Nalchik. The Soviet
Officials and the authorities considered Kuliev's creative work,
contrary to the "general line" of the existing political regime. He
could not publish any other novel or accomplish any film project in
the USSR.Although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Kuliev could not
continue his career as a result of a car accident and a subsequent
serious illness. Kuliev died in his apartment in Moscow on 14 January
2017.
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