Directing

Zandraa Tseveen

MN cinema · 6 credits

Born

17 November 1919

Died

1 January 2009 (aged 89)

Birthplace

Altanbulag, Selenge province, Mongolia

Also known as Цэвээний Зандраа · Ц.Зандраа · Ц. Зандраа · Ts. Zandraa

Zandraa Tseveen was born in 1919 in Yeröö, in Selenge region. After graduating from school teaching, he becomes assistant director of drama plays, author and poet. In 1948, he is the very first Mongol student graduating from Moscow’s prestigious Film Institute, VGIK. He starts as a documentary filmmaker and screenwriter before becoming a fiction feature director. In 1999, he publishes the ultimate manual of movie techniques: Cinema’s Basics.