Eldar Ryazanov

Infobox Actor
name = Eldar Ryazanov


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birthname = Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov
birthdate = birth date and age|1927|11|18|df=y
location = flagicon|Soviet UnionKuybyshev, now Samara, USSR
deathdate =
deathplace =
spouse = Emma Abaydullina

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov ( _ru. Эльдар Александрович Рязанов); b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.

He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.

Among his most famous films are "Carnival Night" (1955), "Hussar Ballad" (1962), "Watch out for the Automobile" (1966), "Irony of Fate" (1975), "Office Romance" (1977), Garage" (1979), and "A Cruel Romance" (1984).

Filmography

*2007 Irony of fate 2 - Actor: Passenger of plane.(he did not actually produce this he said that he would have nothing to do with this)
*2006 Andersen. Life without love.
*2006 Karnavalnaya noch 2 (TV)
*2003 Klyuch ot spalni - Director / Screenwriter
*2000 Tikhiye Omuty - Director
*2000 Starye Klyachi - Director/ Actor: Judge
*1996 Privet, Duralei! - Director
*1994 Predskazaniye - Director / Screenwriter / Short Story Author
*1991 Nebesa Obetovanniye - Director / Actor: Man in Diner
*1988 Dorogaya Yelena Sergeyevna - Director
*1987 Zabytaya Melodiya dlya Fleity - Director / Screenwriter
*1984 A Cruel Romance - Director / Screenwriter
*1982 Vokzal Dlya Dvoikh - Director / Screen Story / Screenwriter / Actor: Railroad Supervisor
*1981 O Bednom Gusare Zamolvite Slovo - Director
*1979 Garazh - Director / Screenwriter / Actor: Sleeping Man
*1977 Office Romance - Director / Screenwriter
*1975 Irony of Fate - Director / Screenwriter
* 1974 "Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России / Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia" directed by Franco Prosperi and Eldar Ryazanov
*1971 Stariki-razboyniki - Director
*1969 Zigzag Udachi - Director
*1966 Watch out for the Automobile - Director / Screenwriter » Review
*1964 Dayte zhalobnuyu knigu - Director
*1962 Hussar Ballad - Director
*1961 Chelovek Niotkuda - Director
*1961 Kak Sozdavalsya Robinzon - Director
*1957 Devushka Bez Adresa - Director
*1956 Karnavalnaya Noch - Director
*1955 Vesenniye Golosa- second Director
*1954 Ostrov Sakhalin
*1953 Nedaleko ot Krasnodara
*1953 Tvoi Knizhki
*1952 Na Pervenstve mira po shakhmatam
*1951 Doroga imeni Oktyabrya
*1950 Oni Uchatsya v Moskve

References

*David MacFadyen, "The Sad Comedy of Elʹdar Riazanov: An Introduction to Russia's Most Popular Filmmaker," McGill-Queen's Press: 2003, ISBN 0773526366

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752922/ Eldar Ryazanov in the IMDb database]
*ru icon [http://eldar-ryazanov.ru Eldar Ryazanov's Site]