Grigoriy Chukhray

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor

May 23, 1921 — October 28, 2001 (80 years)
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

  • Ballad of a Soldier
    Ballad of a Soldier1959
  • The Forty-First
    The Forty-First1956
  • Clear Skies
    Clear Skies1961
  • Beginning of an Unknown Era
    Beginning of an Unknown Era1967
  • Attack from the Sea
    Attack from the Sea1953
  • Nazar Stodolya
    Nazar Stodolya1955
  • Memory
    Memory1973

Filmography

1978
1973
Memory · as Screenplay
1959

1993
Chtoby Pomnili · as Narrator
1985

1979
Life Is Beautiful · as Original Story
1955
Nazar Stodolya · as Assistant Director
1953
Attack from the Sea · as Second Unit Director