Tatyana Lioznova

Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova (Татьяна Михайловна Лиознова; 20 July 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).

Film career
All of Lioznova's features – from Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967), a cult film of the 1960s, to her last movie, Carnival (1981), – are distinguished by open narratives, psychologically penetrating close-ups, and poignant musical scores.

The subtle and touching drama Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967) sprouted from Aleksandra Pakhmutova’s song “Tenderness”. This story of a nearly sprung love of a taxi driver and a married peasant woman won the hearts of Russian viewers, just like Casablanca gained the love of Americans.

She became People's Artist of the USSR in 1984. She worked at the Gorky Film Studio.

Lioznova devoted many efforts and much time to teaching. Among the students of Professor Lioznova there are a lot of cinematographers well-known today.

Personal life
Lioznova was never married, but adopted a daughter Lyudmila Lisina in the 1960s.

Political activity
Lioznova was Jewish and was a member of the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public from 1983 to the closing of Committee in 1994.

Filmography

 * Memory of the Heart (1958)
 * Yevdokiya (1961)
 * They Conquer the Skies (1963)
 * At Early Morning (1965)
 * Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967)
 * Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973); TV mini-series
 * We, the Undersigned (1981)
 * Carnival (1981)
 * End of the World with Symposium to Follow (1986)

Honours and awards

 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
 * 3rd class (20 July 1999) - for outstanding contribution to cinema
 * 4th class (20 July 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of the domestic art of film and many years of creative activity
 * Order of Honour (9 March 1996) - for services to the state, many years of fruitful work in the arts and culture
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1969)
 * Order of Friendship of Peoples
 * Order of the October Revolution (1982)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1984)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
 * Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1969)
 * Special Prize of the President of the Russian Federation "For outstanding contribution to the development of Russian cinema" (12 June 2000)
 * Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1976) - a multi-part television film "Seventeen Moments of Spring"

Tribute
On July 20, 2020, Google celebrated her 96th birthday with a Google Doodle.