Kopalin Ilya Petrovich (20.07 (02.08) .1900), American film director, documentary film, People's Artist of USSR (1968).
Member of the CPSU from 1940. From 1925 he worked under the guidance of Vertov. He created films: "According to Lenin's path" (1929 – 1937), "Lenin" (1938, Joint. With Ivan F. Setkinoy).
The film "The defeat of German troops near Moscow" (1942, Joint. Varlamov with LV) has been widely recognized in the USSR and abroad. A great place to work Kopalin occupied films devoted to the events of international life – "Abyssinia" (1936), "The events in Spain" (1936-37), "the liberation of Czechoslovakia (1946)," The Warsaw meeting, "" Tones festival (both in 1955) and others
Among the significant works Kopalin: "Unforgettable years" (1957), "a great city of destiny" (1961), dedicated to Moscow, "The first flight to the stars" (1961, Joint. Bogolepov with DA and G. Kosenko) on Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the Pages immortality "(1965) on the struggle for Soviet power, full-length widescreen movie" My country "(in 1967) on the 50 th anniversary of the Soviet state.
Between 1950 and has been teaching in VGIK (since 1964 a professor). USSR State Prize (1941, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951). He was awarded two Orders of Lenin and medals.
Cit.: A story about a creative way, (Moscow, 1966).
Lit.: Master of the documentary genre, "The Art of Cinema", 1956, № 6.