Eldar Ryazanov

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Name Eldar Ryazanov Role Film director		Children Olga Ryazanova

Full Name Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov Born 18 November 1927 ( 1927-11-18 ) Kuybyshev (now Samara), USSR Died November 30, 2015, Moscow, Russia Spouse Nina Skuybina (m. 1970–1994), Emma Abaidullina Parents Sofia Ryazanova, Aleksandr Ryazanov Movies The Irony of Fate, Office Romance, Carnival Night, A Cruel Romance, Beware of the Car Similar People Andrey Myagkov, Liya Akhedzhakova, Oleg Basilashvili, Alisa Freindlich, Lyudmila Gurchenko

Russia mourners gather to pay respects to eldar ryazanov in moscow

Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov (Russian: Эльда́р Алекса́ндрович Ряза́нов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Russian film director and screenwriter whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union.

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Biography

Eldar Ryazanov UzDailycom Prominent Russian film director Eldar

He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. He won the Nika Award for Best Director in 1991 for the film Promised Heaven.

Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car (1966), The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984). Ryazanov's main genre was tragicomedy.

Health and death

Ryazanov had an acute ischemic stroke in November 2014. He was admitted to a Moscow hospital on 21 November 2015 due to shortness of breath. He died around midnight on 30 November 2015, of heart and lung failure, at the age of 88.

Honours and awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland;

2nd class (3 July 2008) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema and many years of creative activity

3rd class (20 June 1996) – for services to the state, an outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema and culture

Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1969, 1977)

Order of Friendship of Peoples (1987)

Order of the "Key of Friendship" (Kemerovo Region, 2007)

Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)

Commander of the Order of Honour (Georgia) (2008)

People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)

People's Artist of the USSR (1984)

USSR State Prize (1977) (for the film "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!")

State Prize of the RSFSR Vasiliev brothers (1979) (for the film "Office Romance")

Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the "First Prize among the comedies" for 1958

Winner of the All-Union Film Festival in the "Special Award" for 1983

Nika awards;

Best Director (1991)

Best Fiction Film (1991)

Honour and dignity (2006)

Winner of Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (2005)

The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.

Filmography

2007 The Irony of Fate 2 – Actor (Cameo appearance)

2006 Andersen. Life Without Love – Director / Screenwriter (with I. Kvirikadze) / Actor / Producer

2006 Carnival Night 2 (TV) – Actor (Cameo appearance)

2003 The Key of Bedroom (Ключи от спальни) – Director / Screenwriter

2000 Still Waters (Тихие омуты) – Director

2000 Old Hags (Старые клячи) – Director/ Actor: Judge

1996 Hello, Fools! (Привет, дуралеи!) – Director

1993 Prediction (Предсказание) – Director / Screenwriter / Short Story Author

1991 Promised Heaven (Небеса обетованные) – Director / Actor: Man in Diner

1988 Dear Yelena Sergeevna (Дорогая Елена Сергеевна) – Director / Actor: Neighbour

1987 Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Забытая мелодия для флейты) – Director / Screenwriter

1984 A Cruel Romance (Жестокий романс) – Director / Screenwriter

1982 Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) – Director / Screen Story / Screenwriter / Actor: Railroad Supervisor

1981 Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (О бедном гусаре замолвите слово) – Director / Screenwriter

1979 The Garage (Гараж) – Director / Screenwriter / Actor: Sleeping Man

1977 Office Romance (Служебный роман) – Director / Screenwriter

1975 The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы или с легким паром!) – Director / Screenwriter / Actor: Airplane Passenger

1974 Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России)

1971 Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники) – Director

1968 Zigzag of Success (Зигзаг удачи) – Director

1966 Beware of the Car (Берегись автомобиля) – Director / Screenwriter

1965 Give me a complaints book (Дайте жалобную книгу) – Director / Actor: Chief editor

1962 Hussar Ballad (Гусарская баллада) – Director

1961 Nowhere Man (Человек ниоткуда) – Director

1961 How Robinson Was Created (Как создавался Робинзон) – Director

1957 The Girl Without Address (Девушка без адреса) – Director

1956 Carnival Night (Карнавальная ночь) – Director

1955 Vesenniye Golosa (Весенние голоса), documentary - second Director

1954 Island of Sakhalin (Ostrov Sakhalin), documentary – Director

1953 Near Krasnodar (Nedaleko ot Krasnodara), documentary – Director

1953 Your Books (Tvoi Knizhki), documentary – Director (in co-operation with Z. Fomina)

1952 On the World Chess Championship (Na Pervenstve mira po shakhmatam), documentary – Director

1951 The Way Named October (Doroga imeni Oktyabrya), documentary – Director (in co-operation with L. Derbysheva)

1950 They are Studying in Moscow (Oni Uchatsya v Moskve), documentary – author (in co-operation with Z. Fomina)

References

Eldar Ryazanov Wikipedia

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