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Ivan Pyrev(1901-1968)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Ivan Pyrev
Ivan Pyrev was born on 4 November 1901 in Kamen, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamen-na-Obi, Altayskiy kray, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Symphony of Life (1948), They Met in Moscow (1941) and Six P.M. (1944). He was married to Marina Ladynina and Lionella Pyryeva. He died on 7 February 1968 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornNovember 4, 1901
DiedFebruary 7, 1968(66)
BornNovember 4, 1901
DiedFebruary 7, 1968(66)
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  • Awards
    • 8 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Mikhail Dlugach, and Lazar Frayman in Symphony of Life (1948)
Symphony of Life
6.3
  • Director(as Ivan Pyryev)
  • 1948
Marina Ladynina and Vladimir Zeldin in They Met in Moscow (1941)
They Met in Moscow
6.3
  • Director(as Ivan Pyryev)
  • 1941
Six P.M. (1944)
Six P.M.
6.6
  • Director(as Ivan Pyryev)
  • 1944
Stepan Kayukov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, and Marina Ladynina in Tractor Drivers (1939)
Tractor Drivers
6.4
  • Director(as Ivan Pyryev)
  • 1939

Credits

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Director

  • Kirill Lavrov, Lionella Pyryeva, and Mikhail Ulyanov in The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
    The Brothers Karamazov
    7.6
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1969
  • Nikolai Alekseyev, Lionella Pyryeva, and Sergey Datskevich in Svet dalyokoy zvezdy (1965)
    Svet dalyokoy zvezdy
    7.6
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1965
  • Nash obshchiy drug (1962)
    Nash obshchiy drug
    6.1
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1962
  • White Nights (1960)
    White Nights
    7.1
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1960
  • The Idiot (1958)
    The Idiot
    7.6
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1958
  • Ispytanie vernosti (1954)
    Ispytanie vernosti
    5.6
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1954
  • Friendship Triumphs (1951)
    Friendship Triumphs
    6.0
    • Director (as Iwan Pyrjew)
    • 1951
  • Pesnya molodosti (1951)
    Pesnya molodosti
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1951
  • Boris Zelensky in Cossacks of the Kuban (1950)
    Cossacks of the Kuban
    6.4
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1950
  • Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Mikhail Dlugach, and Lazar Frayman in Symphony of Life (1948)
    Symphony of Life
    6.3
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1948
  • Six P.M. (1944)
    Six P.M.
    6.6
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1944
  • We Will Come Back (1942)
    We Will Come Back
    6.1
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1942
  • Marina Ladynina and Vladimir Zeldin in They Met in Moscow (1941)
    They Met in Moscow
    6.3
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1941
  • Lyubimaya devushka (1940)
    Lyubimaya devushka
    6.1
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1940
  • Stepan Kayukov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, and Marina Ladynina in Tractor Drivers (1939)
    Tractor Drivers
    6.4
    • Director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1939

Writer

  • Kirill Lavrov, Lionella Pyryeva, and Mikhail Ulyanov in The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
    The Brothers Karamazov
    7.6
    • writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1969
  • Nikolai Alekseyev, Lionella Pyryeva, and Sergey Datskevich in Svet dalyokoy zvezdy (1965)
    Svet dalyokoy zvezdy
    7.6
    • screenplay (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1965
  • Nash obshchiy drug (1962)
    Nash obshchiy drug
    6.1
    • Writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1962
  • Sovershenno seryozno. Istoriya s pirozhkami. Film 2 (1961)
    Sovershenno seryozno. Istoriya s pirozhkami. Film 2
    7.2
    Short
    • creative producer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1961
  • Sovershenno seryozno. Priyatnogo appetita. Film 4 (1961)
    Sovershenno seryozno. Priyatnogo appetita. Film 4
    6.5
    Short
    • creative producer (as Ivan Pyryev, I. Pyryev)
    • 1961
  • White Nights (1960)
    White Nights
    7.1
    • Writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1960
  • The Idiot (1958)
    The Idiot
    7.6
    • writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1958
  • Ispytanie vernosti (1954)
    Ispytanie vernosti
    5.6
    • Writer (as I. Pyryev)
    • 1954
  • Friendship Triumphs (1951)
    Friendship Triumphs
    6.0
    • Writer (as I. Pyrjew)
    • 1951
  • Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Mikhail Dlugach, and Lazar Frayman in Symphony of Life (1948)
    Symphony of Life
    6.3
    • story (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1948
  • Ada Voytsik in Konveer smerti (1933)
    Konveer smerti
    5.6
    • writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1933
  • Tokar Alekseyev
    • Writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1931
  • Budte takimi (1930)
    Budte takimi
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1930
  • Tretya molodost
    • Writer (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1929
  • Perepolokh
    • Writer
    • 1929

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Bulat-Batyr (1928)
    Bulat-Batyr
    4.8
    • assistant director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1928
  • Mikhail Dlugach in The Wings of a Serf (1926)
    The Wings of a Serf
    7.3
    • assistant director (as Ivan Pyryev)
    • 1926

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • I. P'ryev
  • Born
    • November 4, 1901
    • Kamen, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamen-na-Obi, Altayskiy kray, Russia]
  • Died
    • February 7, 1968
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
  • Spouses
      Marina Ladynina(divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    The director of the main Soviet film studio Mosfilm from 1940s-1960s.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Pyryev died at the age of 66 in Moscow. Since The Brothers Karamazov was unfinished at the time, the film stars Kirill Lavrov and Mikhail Ulyanov are usually credited with having brought the project to a conclusion.

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