Ivan Pyryev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Pyryev

Soviet film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1901

Place of Birth: Kamen-na-Obi, Russia

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1968

Profession: screenwriter, actor, politician, film director

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (Russian: ???´? ??????´??????? ??´????; 17 November [O.S.
4 November] 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.
He was awarded six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios (1954–57) and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry.