Natsagdorj Tumur

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Also Known As Tumur Natsagdorj

Natsagdorj Tumur

Biography

Natsagdorj Tumur was born in Ikh Khuree (old name of Oulan Bator). First a History and Geography teacher, he becomes soon an important writer, surnamed “the young Mongolian Victor Hugo”. Assistant on Mongol Son in 1935, he made his debut feature, Norjmaa’s Destiny, in 1937. He directs a number of fiction features, before being accused of being a spy, because he was sent for three years for studies in Germany as a teenager. He spends 7 years in prison between 1940 and 1947. Upon his release, he becomes a director of a distillery, but decides to never do cinema again

Known For

Director

1942
1941
Enemy of Life

as Director

1940
First Lesson

as Director

1940
The Flague

as Director

1939
Pack of Wolves

as Director

1938
Norjmaa's Destiny

as Director

Writer

1958
Three Friends

as Writer

1940
First Lesson

as Screenplay

1938