FILM DIRECTOR

Grigori Aleksandrov

1903 - 1983

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Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov (23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983, known by artist name Mormonenko) was a Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950. Initially associated with Sergei Eisenstein, with whom he worked as a co-director, screenwriter and actor, Aleksandrov became a major director in his own right in the 1930s, when he directed Jolly Fellows and a string of other musical comedies starring his wife Lyubov Orlova. Though Aleksandrov remained active until his death, his musicals, amongst the first made in the Soviet Union, remain his most popular films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grigori Aleksandrov is the 518th most popular film director (down from 489th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from Russia (down from 901st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Grigori Aleksandrov ranks 518 out of 2,041. Before him are Ján Kadár, Mike Leigh, Don Bluth, Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, and Mika Kaurismäki. After him are Fernando Solanas, Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, Mikhail Romm, Claude Goretta, and Sergio Sollima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Grigori Aleksandrov ranks 138. Before him are Boris Blacher, Cigerxwîn, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Russell Bufalino, Florence Owens Thompson, and Khalid al-Azm. After him are John Wyndham, John Williams, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, W. V. D. Hodge, Corrado Bafile, and Abba P. Lerner. Among people deceased in 1983, Grigori Aleksandrov ranks 96. Before him are Ibrahim Abboud, Ángel Labruna, Juan López Fontana, Charlie Rivel, Florence Owens Thompson, and Johan Grøttumsbråten. After him are Jerzy Andrzejewski, Yuri Levitan, Fritz Machlup, Anthony Blunt, Shūji Terayama, and John Williams.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grigori Aleksandrov ranks 906 out of 3,761. Before him are Irina Shayk (1986), Fyodor Raskolnikov (1892), Vera Weizmann (1881), Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809), Andrei Shkuro (1887), and Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868). After him are Eugene Botkin (1865), Sergei Kruglov (1907), Andrei Kirilenko (1906), Vladimir Smirnov (1887), Mikhail Romm (1901), and Yuri Levitan (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Grigori Aleksandrov ranks 13. Before him are Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Elem Klimov (1933), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Ladislas Starevich (1882). After him are Mikhail Romm (1901), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Yakov Protazanov (1881), Boris Barnet (1902), Yuri Norstein (1941), and Genndy Tartakovsky (1970).

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