Known For
Production
Born
Mar 24, 1889
Died
Feb 20, 1962
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire
Credits
35 titles
Joseph N. Ermolieff
Biography
One of the first Russian film entrepreneurs. In October 1907, while still a law student at Moscow University, he was hired as a junior technician in the Moscow branch of the "Pathé Brothers" film company. A year later, he was already the head of the company's sales department, and three years later, he was the general representative of "Pathe" in Russia. Since 1912 - co-owner of the rental company "Ermoliev, Zarkhin and Segel" (in Rostov-on-Don). In 1915 he founded his own film studio "I. Ermoliev”, under the auspices of which more than 120 films were released. In 1918 he opened a branch of the film company in Yalta. Since 1920 - in exile. Settled in France, where he organized the company "Ermolieff-Cinéma". It translated Russian films for foreign distribution. In 1936, he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor for services to the French film industry. A year later, he moved to the United States, where he produced films in Hollywood until the end of his life.
Known For
Filmography
Fort Algiers
Producer
Outpost in Morocco
Story
Miguel Strogoff
Writer
Nuits de princes
Writer
The Soldier and the Lady
Producer
The Czar's Courier
Producer
When we were two
Sound
Taras Bulba
Director
Member Of Parliament
Producer
The House of Mystery
Producer
The Child of the Carnival
Producer
Punin and Baburin
Producer
White and Black
Producer
Rude Girl
Producer
Father Sergius
Producer
A Knight of the Spirit
Producer
Jenny the Maid
Producer
Little Ellie
Producer
The Station Master
Producer
Satan Triumphant
Producer
Behind the Screen
Producer
The Prosecutor
Producer
Dance of Death
Producer
The Beggar Woman
Producer
Sin
Producer
She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately
Producer
The Hawk's Nest
Producer
In a Lively Place
Producer
Life is a Moment, Art is Forever
Producer
The Queen of Spades
Producer
Long Gone are Chrysanthemums in a Garden
Producer
Nikolay Stavrogin
Producer
Here Comes The Postal Troyka...
Producer
Sashka The Seminarian
Producer
In The Whirlpool Of Moscow
Fyodor