title: John Lasseter
Mikhail Kalatozov
I Am Cuba
Letter Never Sent (film)
Hostile Whirlwinds
Mikheil Kalatozishvili (born 1959)
Salt for Svanetia
1958 Cannes Film Festival
Valery Chkalov (film)
True Friends (film)
sentences: John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
 He currently is the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios.
 He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი , Russian: Михаи́л Константи́нович Калато́зов ) (28 December 1903 — 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema.
 People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
 His movie "The Cranes Are Flying" won several international awards, including Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
I Am Cuba (Spanish: Soy Cuba ; Russian: Я Куба , "Ya Kuba)" is a 1964 Soviet-Cuban film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm.
 The film was not received well by either the Russian or Cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was re-discovered by filmmakers in the United States thirty years later.
 The acrobatic tracking shots and idiosyncratic mise en scene prompted Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese to begin a campaign to restore the film in the early 1990s.
Letter Never Sent (Russian: Неотправленное письмо , translit.
 "Neotpravlennoye pismo", sometimes translated as The Unsent Letter or The Unmailed Letter) is a 1960 Soviet adventure drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and starring Tatyana Samojlova.
 It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, but was withdrawn just before the screening on May 17; according to the Soviet representatives, the film was "unfinished" (as a matter of fact, Kalatozov wanted to re-shoot some sequences before the premiere in Russia).
Hostile Whirlwinds (Russian: Вихри враждебные , "Vikhri vrazhdebnye " ) is a 1953 Soviet historical film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin.
Mikheil Kalatozishvili (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი ; Russian: Михаил Георгиевич Калатозишвили ; 19 May 1959 – 12 October 2009) was a Georgian-Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter active since the early 1980s.
 His grandfather was the world famous Soviet filmmaker of the same name, often known as Mikhail Kalatozov.
 Like his father, Kalatozishvili was born in Tbilisi and died in Moscow.
 His 1991 film "The Beloved" was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
 Like his grandfather, Kalatozishvili died of a heart attack.
Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს , Russian: Соль Сванетии ) is a 1930 SovietGeorgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
 As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic.
 Containing some propaganda, the climax of the film shows how a Soviet built road connects the previously isolated mountain village to Soviet civilisation.
 Many of the scenes of the film were staged, and the authenticity of some scenes has been disputed by the Svan people.
The 11th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 18 May 1958.
 The Palme d'Or went to the "Letyat zhuravli" by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Valery Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Чкалов , UK title - The Red Flyer, United States title - Wings of Victory) is a Soviet biopic about the life of Valery Chkalov, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
 The screenplay was written by Georgy Baidukov, Boris Chirskov and Dmitri Tarasov.
 The film was produced by Lenfilm and distributed in the United States by Artkino Pictures (1941), Top1Video (1999).
True Friends (Russian: "Верные друзья") is a 1954 dramatic comedy film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.

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 John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
 He currently is the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios.
 He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. 

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 Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი , Russian: Михаи́л Константи́нович Калато́зов ) (28 December 1903 — 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema.
 People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
 His movie "The Cranes Are Flying" won several international awards, including Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. 

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 I Am Cuba (Spanish: Soy Cuba ; Russian: Я Куба , "Ya Kuba)" is a 1964 Soviet-Cuban film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm.
 The film was not received well by either the Russian or Cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was re-discovered by filmmakers in the United States thirty years later.
 The acrobatic tracking shots and idiosyncratic mise en scene prompted Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese to begin a campaign to restore the film in the early 1990s. 

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 Hostile Whirlwinds (Russian: Вихри враждебные , "Vikhri vrazhdebnye " ) is a 1953 Soviet historical film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin. 

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 Salt for Svanetia (Georgian: მარილი სვანეთს , Russian: Соль Сванетии ) is a 1930 SovietGeorgian silent documentary film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
 As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern part of the Georgian Soviet Republic.
 Containing some propaganda, the climax of the film shows how a Soviet built road connects the previously isolated mountain village to Soviet civilisation.
 Many of the scenes of the film were staged, and the authenticity of some scenes has been disputed by the Svan people. 

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 The 11th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 18 May 1958.
 The Palme d'Or went to the "Letyat zhuravli" by Mikhail Kalatozov. 

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 Valery Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Чкалов , UK title - The Red Flyer, United States title - Wings of Victory) is a Soviet biopic about the life of Valery Chkalov, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
 The screenplay was written by Georgy Baidukov, Boris Chirskov and Dmitri Tarasov.
 The film was produced by Lenfilm and distributed in the United States by Artkino Pictures (1941), Top1Video (1999). 

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 True Friends (Russian: "Верные друзья") is a 1954 dramatic comedy film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. 

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Answer: film director