Sergey Bondarchuk

Directing

Born September 25, 1920 · Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR

Died October 20, 1994

Also known as Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук · Sergei Bondarchuk · Sergej Bondartschuk

Biography

Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker, born in Ukraine, 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.

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Awards & recognition

Order of Friendship of Peoples · 1986
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class · 1985
USSR State Prize · 1984
Shevchenko National Prize · 1982
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal · 1980

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Hero of Socialist Labour · 1980
Order of Lenin · 1980
Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR · 1977
Order of the October Revolution · 1974
David di Donatello — Best Film · 1971
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1970
Golden Globe Awards · 1969
Order of Lenin · 1967
Lenin Prize · 1960
People's Artist of the USSR · 1952
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree · 1952
Merited Artist of the RSFSR · 1951
Academy Awards
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Crystal Globe
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"