Marlen Khutsiyev

Marlen Khutsiyev

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1925-10-04

  • Day of Death

    2019-03-19 (93 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR

Biography

Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev (Russian: Марле́н Марты́нович Хуци́ев; 4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986.

Khutsiev studied film in the directing department at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), graduating in 1952. He worked as a director at the Odessa film studio from 1952 to 1958, and worked full-time as a director at Mosfilm from 1965 onward.

Acting

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