Sulambek Mamilov

Sulambek Mamilov (Russian: Суламбе́к Ахме́тович Мами́лов; 27 August 1938 – 13 January 2023) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Sulambek Mamilov
Born	Sulambek Akhmetovitj Mamilov (1938-08-27)27 August 1938[1] Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	12 January 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 84) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1962–2006
Notable work	Ladies' Tango (1983) Day of Wrath (1985)
Awards	Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2019)

Biography

Mamilov was born on 27 August 1938 in Ordzhonikidze, present-day Vladikavkaz, Soviet Union.

In 1957–1959 he studied at the history department of the Grozny Pedagogical Institute, then transferred to the acting department of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, from which he graduated in 1962. After, Mamilov was an actor of the Kh. Nuradilov Grozny Drama Theater. In 1970, he graduated from High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (studied at the workshops of Marlen Khutsiev, Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov).

Mamilov died in Moscow on 12 January 2023, at the age of 84.^[1]

Selected filmography

Actor

• Hero of Our Time (Герой нашего времени, 1966)

Film director

• Ladies' Tango (Дамское танго, 1983)^[2][3]
• Day of Wrath (День гнева, 1985)
• Children of the Storm (Ночевала тучка золотая..., 1990)
• The Murder at Zhdanovskaya (Убийство на «Ждановской», 1992)