Yuri Georgievich Ivanchuk
Yuri Georgievich Ivanchuk (June 1, 1931, Kuzovatovo (urban locality), Soviet Union - May 18, 2000, Krnov, Czech Republic) was a Soviet and Russian film director. He received the  in 1983 and won the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR in 1984.

Biography 
Yuri Ivanchuk was born on June 1, 1931 in the village of Kuzovatovo, located in the Ulyanovsk Oblast. He studied in secondary school in Samara. In 1963, he graduated from the Military-Political School of the KGB of the USSR and later the Department of history at Tomsk State University. Ivanchuk also graduated from the Higher Academic Courses for the Improvement of Political Personnel at the Lenin Military-Political Academy.

Ivanchuk worked as an assistant director at the "Moldova-Film", "Mosfilm", and "Odesa Film Studio". 

In 1997, he moved to the Czech Republic, where he died three years later.

Ivanchuk was married two times. He had a daughter from his first wife.

Filmography 
 1978 - Fire in the Depth of the Tree [Russian: Ogon v glubine dereva] (short film)

 1981 -  [Russian: Prikaz: ogon ne otkryvat] (co-directed with )

 1982 -  [Russian: Prikaz: pereyti granitsu]

 1984 - Skydivers [Russian: Parashyutisty]

 1986 - 55 Degrees Below Zero [Russian: 55 gradusov nizhe nulya]

 1990 -  [Russian: Nelud]

References

1931 births
2000 deaths
Soviet film directors
Russian film directors
People from Ulyanovsk Oblast
Odesa Film Studio
Mosfilm
Tomsk State University alumni
Lenin Military Political Academy alumni
Deaths in the Czech Republic