Grigoriy Chukhray

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-05-23

Deathday 2001-10-28 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Melitopol, Ukraine, USSR

Also Known As Grigori Tchoukhrai, Григорий Чухрай

Grigoriy Chukhray

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.

Known For

Director

1985
1979
Life Is Beautiful

as Director

1978
The Mire

as Director

1970
Memory

as Director

1965
1961
Clear Skies

as Director

1959
1956
The Forty-First

as Director

Writer

1985
1979
Life Is Beautiful

as Original Story

1978
The Mire

as Writer

1970
Memory

as Screenplay

1959

Producer

1965