
Person
Grigoriy Chukhray
Directing · 1921–2001 · Melitopol, Ukraine, USSR
Biography
Grigoriy Chukhray was a Ukrainian filmmaker, who gained fame outside the Soviet Union for his films The Forty-First, shown at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and especially Ballad of a Soldier, which won a special jury prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and prizes for Best Picture and Best Director at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Known for

To Remember
Narrator

Nazar Stodolya
Assistant Director

Attack from the Sea
Second Unit Director

Ballad of a Soldier
Writer

Clear Skies
Director

I'll Teach You to Dream
1985

My Heart Is in the Highlands
Producer

Life Is Beautiful
Original Story

The Forty-First
Director

There Was an Old Couple
Director
Filmography
- 2003Chukhray. Ballad of a Soldier
- 1993To RememberNarrator
- 1992Mortal Enemies: From Death and Survival in StalingradDirector
- 1985I'll Teach You to Dream
- 1985One Day of MosfilmSelf
- 1985Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film DirectorHimself
- 1985About War
- 1979Life Is BeautifulOriginal Story
- 1978The MireDirector
- 1970MemoryDirector
- 1968Evgeniy UrbanskiySelf
- 1967My Heart Is in the HighlandsProducer
- 1965There Was an Old CoupleDirector
- 1961Clear SkiesDirector
- 1959Ballad of a SoldierWriter
- 1956The Forty-FirstDirector
- 1955Nazar StodolyaAssistant Director
- 1953Attack from the SeaSecond Unit Director
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