Grigori Aleksandrov (1903-1983)
Alias:
Gregory Alexandrov
Grigori Vassílievitx Aleksàndrov
Grigori Vassílievitx Mormonenko
Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров
Григо́рий Васи́льевич Мормоненко
Григорий Александров
Birthplace:
Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire
Born:
January 22, 1903
Died:
December 16, 1983
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.