Eldar Ryazanov

1927 - 2015

Country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia

Native language: Russian

Languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

Educated at: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

Occupation: film director, screenwriter, actor, writer, poet, playwright, presenter, television presenter, pedagogue, teacher, producer, film producer

Award received: People's Artist of the USSR, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Nika Award for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, Knight of the Legion of Honour, USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of Honour, TEFI, Nika Award, Орден «Ключ дружбы», Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Roman triumph, знак отличия "За заслуги перед Москвой"

Official website: eldar-ryazanov.ru

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Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union and former Warsaw Pact countries. Source: Wikipedia (en)