Sergei Yutkevich

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1904-08-15

Deathday 1985-04-24 (80 years old)

Place of Birth St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also Known As Sergei Yosifovich Yutkevich, S. Yutkevich, Сергей Иосифович Юткевич, С. Юткевич, Sergueï Youkevitch

Sergei Yutkevich

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Sergei Yutkevich began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Between 1921 and 1923 he studied under Vsevolod Meyerhold. He later helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the 1920s and began directing in 1928. His films often were cheerier than most Russian films as he was influenced by American slapstick, among other things. However he also did serious historical films, docudramas, and biopics. He won Cannes's Best Director Award twice: for Othello in 1956 and for Lenin in Poland in 1966. Of his later films Lenin in Paris is among the best known.

Known For

Director

1981
Lenin in Paris

as Director

1976
Mayakovsky Laughs

as Director

1966
Lenin in Poland

as Director

1962
The Bath House

as Director

1957
1955
Othello

as Director

1951
Przhevalsky

as Director

1949
Tri vstrechi

as Director

1947
Light over Russia

as Director

1945
Hello, Moscow!

as Director

1940
Yakov Sverdlov

as Director

1938
1937
The Miners

as Director

1934
1932
Shame

as Director

1931
Golden Mountains

as Director

1929
Chyornyy parus

as Director

1928
Lace

as Director

1925

Writer

1981
Lenin in Paris

as Writer

1976
1966
Lenin in Poland

as Screenplay

1962
The Bath House

as Screenplay

1931
1928
Lace

as Writer

Art

1969
Dzhamilya

as Art Direction

1927
Bed and Sofa

as Production Design

Editor