Yuri Ozerov (director)

Yuri Ozerov
From left to right: Ozerov, Oleg Uryumtsev, Fedor Bondarchuk and Tigran Keosayan in 1987, during the filming of Stalingrad.
Born(1921-01-26)26 January 1921
Died16 October 2001(2001-10-16) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1950–1995
Notable workLiberation (1969–1971)
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1977)

Yuri Ozerov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич О́зеров; 26 January 1921 – 16 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed twenty films between 1950 and 1995. Ozerov's works won him many awards, among them the title People's Artist of the USSR which was conferred upon him in 1977.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 509–511. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.