Joseph N. Ermolieff
Producer, Director, Writer
March 24, 1889 — February 20, 1962 (72 years)
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 "Pate" 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.
Filmography
| 1953 | Fort AlgiersOn Plex |
| 1949 | Outpost in MoroccoOn Plex |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 | |
| 1923 | |
| 1919 |
| 1924 |
| 1938 |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1932 | La petite de Montparnasse · as Art Director |
| 1924 | Taras Bulba · as Production Director |
| 1919 | White and Black · as Production Manager |
| 1918 | Father Sergius · as Production Manager |
| 1918 | Bogatyr dukha · as Production Manager |
| 1918 | Gornichnaya Dzhenni · as Production Manager |
| 1917 | Satan Triumphant · as Production Manager |
| 1916 | Queen of Spades · as Production Manager |