Alexander Stolper

• Occupation: Director, Writer
• Active: '40s-'70s
• Major Genres: Drama, War
• Career Highlights: Zhivye i Myortvye, Putyovka v Zhizn, Otklonenie - Nol
• First Major Screen Credit: Putyovka v Zhizn (1931)

Biography

Soviet filmmaker Alexander Stolper first worked as a reporter and then a stage director before joining Lev Kuleshov's workshop in 1923. He learned to write screenplays after starting work with the Mezhrabpom-Rus studio in 1927. He received his first screen credit as a scenarist in 1931 with Putevka v zhizn (The Road to Life). Stolper then studied at the State Film Institue (VGIK) under Eisenstein until he graduated in 1938. As a director, Stolper seemed to favor war-themed films. In the mid-'60s, Stolper returned to VGIK to lecture. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide