Yuri Stepchuk
Soviet theatre and film director who worked at Uzbekfilm from 1959 and made «A Khorezm Legend», «Akmal, the Dragon and the Princess» and other films.
- Occupation:
- Director, Film director, Theatre director
- Born:
- May 20 1928(69 years old) ♉ — August 6, 1997
Biography
Yuri Stepanovich Stepchuk was a Soviet theatre and film director, born on 20 May 1928 in the village of Nazarovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
In 1954 he graduated from the directing faculty of the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute, then served as chief director of Uzgosestrada and as a director at the Gorky Tashkent Academic Russian Drama Theatre.
He joined the Uzbekfilm studio in 1959 as second director of «Ob etom govorit vsya makhalla», «Samolety ne prizemlilis» and «Syn zemli», and made the documentaries «Dzhura Sultanov» and «Nas — 50». From 1965 he directed feature films.
His directing credits include «Plus One» (1967), «Here Passes the Border» (1971), «Zaveshchanie starogo mastera» (1972), «How Hashim Became Big» (1976), «A Khorezm Legend» (1978), «Air Pedestrians» (1979), «Akmal, the Dragon and the Princess» (1981) and «The New Adventures of Akmal» (1983). In 1988 he wrote the screenplay of «Priklyucheniya Arslana».
He died in Moscow on 6 August 1997.
Education
- State Institute of Arts and Culture of UzbekistanUniversity · Tashkent · 1954
Career
- Uzbekfilm studioDirector · Tashkent · 1959–…
Life path
- 1928Birth
Born on 20 May in the village of Nazarovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
- 1954Graduation
Graduated from the directing faculty of the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute.
- 1959Joins Uzbekfilm
Began at the studio as a second director.
- 1965Feature film director
Became a director of feature films.
- 1978«A Khorezm Legend»
Directed the film.
- 1997Death
Died in Moscow on 6 August.