Dejidiin Jigjid

Dejidiin Jigjid was born in 1919. Joining the Ulaanbaatar studios at a young age, he shot in 1939 the images of a first documentary on the capital, filmed the fighting at Khalkhin Gol the same year, then in 1945 the front of the war of liberation. Director of photography on the studio's great historical fresco in 1945, he received at twenty-six the title of honoured worker of the arts. He moved into directing in 1959 and made sixteen films up to 1984. A State Prize laureate and People's Artist, he died in 1989.

In the catalogue 1

• Feature filmMessenger of the PeopleАрдын элчDejidiin Jigjid · 1959Cinema