Grigori Aleksandrov

Directing

Born January 22, 1903 · Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire

Died December 16, 1983

Also known as Gregory Alexandrov · Grigori Vassílievitx Mormonenko · Grigori Vassílievitx Aleksàndrov

Biography

Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (original family name was Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 - 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor 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. They rival Ivan Pyryev's films as the most effective and light-hearted showcase ever designed for Stalin-era USSR. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grigori Aleksandrov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

Order of Friendship of Peoples · 1983
Hero of Socialist Labour · 1973
Order of Lenin · 1973
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1967
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1963

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Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1953
Order of Lenin · 1950
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree · 1950
Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR · 1943
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree · 1941
Order of Lenin · 1939
Order of the Red Star · 1935
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of the White Lion
People's Artist of the USSR