OZEROV Yuri

born January 26, 1921 in Moscow, in a theatrical family. He studied at art school. After a ten-year enrolled in 1939 in GITIS, but then was drafted into the Red Army. Faced with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, ordinary signalman, Yuri Ozerov finished it in the rank of Major at the walls of Konigsberg. In 1944 he graduated from a crash course in the headquarters offices Frunze Military Academy, was the liaison officer of the General Staff. After demobilization in 1945-1946 Ozerov studied at the Faculty teatrovedcheskom GITIS, then joined the faculty of directing VGIK (workshop I. Savchenko), who graduated in 1951. Along with him learned Alov A., Naumov, M. Khutsiev, F. Mironer, S. Paradjanov: Since 1949, Yuri Ozerov working on a film studio "Mosfilm", and since 1979 has taught at VGIK, directs the creative workshop. In the movie directed by debut film "Arena bold" (1953), followed by pictures of "Son" (1955) and "Kochubei" (1958). After several productions with foreign filmmakers Yuri Ozerov started to build large-scale epic "Liberation", . which included the films "Fire arc", . Breakthrough, . "The direction of the main attack", . Battle for Berlin ", . "The last storm",
. Among the other creators of "liberation", he was awarded the 1972 Lenin Prize. And in the future Yuri Ozerov remained faithful to the theme of the Great Patriotic War, . putting such pictures, . as the "Battle for Moscow", . Stalingrad, . "Soldiers of Freedom", . "Angels of Death, . documentary "The great commander Georgy Zhukov", . as well as the television series "The tragedy of the century",
. In addition, the director made the film as a director of the Moscow Olympics on sports, you - the world! " (1981).