Yuri Yegorov

Yuri Yegorov

Director · Writer

Sochi, RSFSR, USSR
May 25, 1920

Biography

Russian director Yuri Yegorov graduated from Moscow’s V.G.I.K. in 1944 after studying film direction under Sergei Gerasimov. While in school, Yegorov worked as both an assistant director and actor for Gerasimov on The Young Guard (1948). Several years after graduating, Yegorov began working with the Central Studio of Films for Children and Youth (now the Gorky Film Studio) in Moscow; after five years, he was made head of the First Group. From 1954 through the end of his career, Yegorov lectured at V.G.I.K.

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Representative Works

Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later
Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later
6.1
/ Russian
Fathers and Grandfathers
Fathers and Grandfathers
5.5
/ Russian
Business Trip
Business Trip
7.5
/ Russian
If You Are Right
If You Are Right
7.3
/ Russian
Wind of Wandering
Wind of Wandering
8.7
/ Russian
A Simple Story
A Simple Story
5.2
/ Russian
Incident in the Taiga
Incident in the Taiga
8.0
/ Russian
The Young Guard
The Young Guard
5.5
/ Russian
The Frigid Sea
The Frigid Sea
6.5
/ Russian
Not the Most Lucky Day
Not the Most Lucky Day
6.3
/ Russian
The Sky Behind the Clouds
The Sky Behind the Clouds
6.0
/ Russian
The Volunteers
The Volunteers
5.5
/ Russian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later
1981Nominee

Best Director

Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later

Fathers and Grandfathers
1982Nominee

Best Director

Fathers and Grandfathers

Business Trip
1962Winner

Best Director

Business Trip

Career Highlights

If You Are Right
1964Highlight

Best Director

If You Are Right

Wind of Wandering
1978Highlight

Best Writing

Wind of Wandering