Yuri Yegorov
Directing · Born 1920-05-25 · age 61 at death · Sochi, RSFSR, USSR
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.
Titles
Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later
The Young Guard
A Simple Story
Not the Most Lucky Day
The Volunteers
Fathers and Grandfathers
Wind of Wandering
They Were the First
If You Are Right
Business Trip
The Frigid Sea
Enemies
The Sky Behind the Clouds
Incident in the Taiga
The Man from the Other Side
There, Beyond the Horizon