Yuri Stepanovich Chulyukin (Russian: Юрий Степанович
Чулюкин; 9 November 1929 â€" 7 March 1987) was a Soviet film
director, screenwriter, actor and songwriter best known for comedy
movies. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1979.Chulyukin was
born in Moscow to a Bolshoi Theatre director. His mother studied under
the famous actor Mikhail Astangov (born Ruzhnikov), and Chulyukin bore
a striking resemblance to him which led to speculations inside the
artistic circles; according to Chulyukin's first wife Natalya
Kustinskaya, this topic was tabooed inside his family.He studied for
an artist at the Central Children's Theatre and headed the amateur
theatre at the Moscow Factory of Cinematographic Equipment. In 1956 he
graduated from VGIK where he studied film directing under Grigory
Alexandrov and Mikhail Chiaureli; he worked briefly in television and
made around three dozen documentaries.In 1958 he started working at
Mosfilm and directed his first feature comedy The Unamenables, which
turned into one of the 1959 box office leaders (10th place with 31.8
million viewers) and gained the main prize at the 1960 All-Union Film
Festival. He cast the leading actress Nadezhda Rumyantseva in his next
comedy The Girls which became an even bigger success: with 34.8
million viewers it became the 5th most popular Soviet movie of 1961;
for this role Rumyantseva was named the best actress at the Mar del
Plata International Film Festival in 1962.
Чулюкин; 9 November 1929 â€" 7 March 1987) was a Soviet film
director, screenwriter, actor and songwriter best known for comedy
movies. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1979.Chulyukin was
born in Moscow to a Bolshoi Theatre director. His mother studied under
the famous actor Mikhail Astangov (born Ruzhnikov), and Chulyukin bore
a striking resemblance to him which led to speculations inside the
artistic circles; according to Chulyukin's first wife Natalya
Kustinskaya, this topic was tabooed inside his family.He studied for
an artist at the Central Children's Theatre and headed the amateur
theatre at the Moscow Factory of Cinematographic Equipment. In 1956 he
graduated from VGIK where he studied film directing under Grigory
Alexandrov and Mikhail Chiaureli; he worked briefly in television and
made around three dozen documentaries.In 1958 he started working at
Mosfilm and directed his first feature comedy The Unamenables, which
turned into one of the 1959 box office leaders (10th place with 31.8
million viewers) and gained the main prize at the 1960 All-Union Film
Festival. He cast the leading actress Nadezhda Rumyantseva in his next
comedy The Girls which became an even bigger success: with 34.8
million viewers it became the 5th most popular Soviet movie of 1961;
for this role Rumyantseva was named the best actress at the Mar del
Plata International Film Festival in 1962.
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