Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of ...read more
Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios (1954–57) and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry. Pyryev was born in Kame...read more
Department
Directing
Birthday
1901-11-17
Place of Birth
Kamen, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Also Known As
[ "Ivan Pyrev", "I. P'ryev", "Ivan Pyriev", "Iwan Pyrjew", "I. Pyryev", "Ivan A. Pyryev", "Іван Олександрович Пир'єв" ]
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