Grigoriy Chukhray

Grigoriy Chukhray

Known for

Directing

Born

May 23, 1921

Birthplace

Melitopol, Ukraine, USSR

Died

October 28, 2001 (aged 80)

Biography

Grigoriy Chukhray was a Ukrainian filmmaker, who gained fame outside the Soviet Union for his films The Forty-First, shown at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and especially Ballad of a Soldier, which won a special jury prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and prizes for Best Picture and Best Director at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival.

Best known work

Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier
1959
The Forty-First
The Forty-First
1956
Clear Skies
Clear Skies
1961
Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful
1979
Attack from the Sea
Attack from the Sea
1953
There Was an Old Couple
There Was an Old Couple
1965
The Mire
The Mire
1978
To Remember
To Remember
1993
My Heart Is in the Highlands
My Heart Is in the Highlands
1967
Mortal Enemies: From Death and Survival in Stalingrad
Mortal Enemies: From Death and Survival in Stalingrad
1992

Filmography

  1. 2003

    Chukhray. Ballad of a Soldier
  2. 1993

    To RememberTV

    as Narrator (2 episodes)

  3. 1992

  4. 1985

    I'll Teach You to Dream

    Director, Screenplay

  5. 1985

  6. 1985

  7. 1985

  8. 1979

    Life Is Beautiful

    Director, Original Story

  9. 1978

    The Mire

    Director, Writer

  10. 1970

    Memory

    Screenplay, Director

  11. 1968

  12. 1967

  13. 1965

  14. 1961

    Clear Skies

    Director

  15. 1959

    Ballad of a Soldier

    Writer, Director

  16. 1956

  17. 1955

    Nazar Stodolya

    Assistant Director

  18. 1953

    Attack from the Sea

    Second Unit Director

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