
Known for
Directing
Born
November 17, 1901
Birthplace
Kamen, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
February 7, 1968 (aged 66)
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 Kamen-na-Obi, in the Tomsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Altai Krai, Russia). His early career included acting on stage directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold in The Forest and by Sergei Eisenstein in the Proletcult Theatre production The Mexican. Pyryev also acted in Eisenstein's first short film Glum...
2016
1969
Director, Writer
1965
Screenplay, Director
1962
Director, Screenplay
1961
Creative Producer
1961
Creative Producer
1961
Creative Producer
1961
Creative Producer
1961
Creative Producer
1960
Director, Writer
1958
Director, Writer
1954
Writer, Director
1951
Art Department Coordinator
1951
Writer, Director, Creative Director
1950
Director
1947
Director, Story
1946
Director
1944
1943
Producer
1942
Director
1941
Director
1940
Director
1939
Director
1936
Director
1933
Director