FILM DIRECTOR

Sergei Bondarchuk

1920 - 1994

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Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 – 20 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including War and Peace (1966-67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for Waterloo (1970), a Napoleonic War epic. Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. War and Peace won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1968), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Bondarchuk is the 142nd most popular film director (down from 119th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

Sergei Bondarchuk is most famous for his work as a film director, primarily for his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 142 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Greenaway, Terrence Malick, Jonathan Demme, Jiří Menzel, Michael Powell, and Henri-Georges Clouzot. After him are Volker Schlöndorff, Bille August, Jim Jarmusch, Nikita Mikhalkov, Wong Kar-wai, and Ang Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 53. Before him are Baruj Benacerraf, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Robert Whittaker, Lawrence Klein, Ravi Shankar, and Kaysone Phomvihane. After him are Mickey Rooney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Gunnar Gren, Michèle Morgan, Alberto Sordi, and E. Donnall Thomas. Among people deceased in 1994, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 53. Before him are Julian Schwinger, Juvénal Habyarimana, Fernando Rey, Pujie, Sylva Koscina, and Robert Doisneau. After him are Chung Il-kwon, György Cziffra, Howard Martin Temin, Jack Kirby, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, and Peter Cushing.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 117 out of 1,365. Before him are Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Roald Hoffmann (1937), Sofia Rotaru (1947), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Lee Strasberg (1901), and Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580). After him are Stepan Makarov (1848), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Emil Gilels (1916), Władysław Tarnowski (1836), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), and Alexander Dovzhenko (1894).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 2. Before him are Andrzej Żuławski (1940). After him are Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Otto Preminger (1905), Anatole Litvak (1902), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), and Les Kurbas (1887).

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