Mikhail Romm (1901–1971) was a Soviet theater and film director, a scriptwriter, an educator, and an essay writer. He was an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR and a People’s Artist of the USSR. He was a winner of five Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951) and the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1966).
From 1928 to 1930, he worked as a non-regular member of the staff of the film commission at the Institute for the Methods of Extra-Scholastic Work. In 1930, he began writing screenplays for the Sovkino film studio in Moscow. In 1937, he was offered an opportunity to direct the first feature sound film about Lenin - The Uprising. The film was released under the title Lenin in October and was a great success.
In May of 1941, he was appointed head of the feature film production department. From 1942 to 1947, he was the Director at the Film Actor’s Studio Theater. He had been an instructor since 1938, and from 1948, he headed the acting and directing workshop at VGIK (the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography). He also taught film directing at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. He was the author of books and articles on the cinematic art.
The commemorative stamp features a portrait of Mikhail Romm and a cine-film; the main illustration shows the film director at work with a script and a movie camera.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
0.5 million copies |