Valentin Turkin | |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1887 |
Birth Place: | Novocherkassk, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire |
Death Date: | 10 January 1958 (age 70) |
Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Occupation: | screenwriter, film critic, teacher |
Yearsactive: | 1915-1958 (film) |
Awards: | Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1944) |
Valentin Konstantinovich Turkin (Russian: Валентин Константинович Туркин; 6 February 1887 – 10 January 1958) was a screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist active in the Soviet Union.[1]
Turkin was a founder of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.