Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov original family name was Mormonenko 23 January 1903 16 December 1983 was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973 He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950 Initially associated with Sergei Eisenstein with whom he worked as a codirector screenwriter and actor Aleksandrov became a major director in his own right in the 1930s when he directed Jolly Fellows and a string of other musical comedies starring his wife Lyubov Orlova Though Aleksandrov remained active until his death his musicals amongst the first made in the Soviet Union remain his most popular films They rival Ivan Pyryevs films as the most effective and lighthearted showcase ever designed for Stalinera USSR Description above from the Wikipedia article Grigori Aleksandrov licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia