Mikhail Ptashuk

Mikhail Nikolayevich Ptashuk was born on January 28, 1943 in a dugout, in which his mother was hiding from the Nazis, on the outskirts of the village of Fedyuki, Lyakhovichi district, Brest region. Children's memories and stories of fellow villagers about that bitter, heroic time determined the main direction in the work of Ptashuk.

He graduated from the Moscow Theater School named after B.V. Schukina

After graduating from the Moscow Theater School named after Boris Shchukin, Ptashuk entered the Higher Directing Courses of the Goskino of the USSR. The workshop of George Danelia became a good professional school for the beginning director. Thesis' Ptashuk was the film 'About Victor, about Masha and the Marine Corps'

The long-term creative cooperation of the director with the National Film Studio Belarusfilm began

Mikhail Ptashuk organizes the Belarusian Independent Studio at the Union of Cinematographers of the Republic and becomes its art director

A talented film director died in a car accident in Moscow. On the eve of the tragedy, Mikhail Ptashuk flew from Hollywood to Moscow to present the Nika Cinema Prize. His painting "In August of the 44th ..." fell into all the main film award nominations. But, alas, the solemn ceremony was not destined to become a moment of glory for Ptashuk. It was from the stage in Moscow that the terrible news was first voiced: the car in which the Belarusian director was located flew into the oncoming lane.