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Yuri Stepanovich Chulyukin (russian: Юрий Степанович Чулюкин; 9 November 1929 — 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 People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...
in 1979.Cinema. Encyclopedic Dictionary // ed.
Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of ...
. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987, p. 489


Biography

Chulyukin was born in Moscow to a
Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...
director. His mother studied under the famous actor
Mikhail Astangov Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Аста́нгов), real surname Ruzhnikov () ( in Warsaw – 20 April 1965 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1955). ...
(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 Natalya Nikolayevna Kustinskaya (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Кусти́нская; 5 April 1938 – 13 December 2012) was a Soviet actress, who was a Meritorious Artist of Russia from 1999. Kustinskaya was born in Moscow, an ...
, this topic was tabooed inside his family.VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
where he studied film directing under
Grigory Alexandrov Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (russian: Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров; original family name was Мормоненко or Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet ...
and
Mikhail Chiaureli Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed ...
; he worked briefly in television and made around three dozen documentaries. In 1958 he started working at
Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...
and directed his first feature comedy ''
The Unamenables ''The Unamenables'' (russian: Неподдающиеся, Nepoddayushchiyesya) is a 1959 Soviet comedy, directorial debut of Yuri Chulyukin. Plot Two foolish and frivolous guys cause suffering for the whole work team at the factory. It was already ...
,'' 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 The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and hel ...
. He cast the leading actress
Nadezhda Rumyantseva Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva (russian: Надежда Васильевна Румянцева, 9 September 1930, Potapovo, Smolensk Oblast — 8 April 2008, Moscow) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991 ...
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
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in 1962. Chulyukin's third comedy ''
Royal Regatta ''Royal Regatta'' (russian: Королевская регата) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film directed by Yuri Chulyukin. Plot A student team is defeated in rowing competitions. The coach decides to leave with the four best rowers. The remainin ...
'' (1966) featured his wife Natalya Kustinskaya in the main role but wasn't as successful as his previous works; she left him shortly after and later claimed this was the main reason he switched from light comedy films to war and children's movies, gaining the
Lenin Komsomol Prize Lenin Komsomol Prize () was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years. Komsomol was the abbreviated name of The Communist Union of Youth (Russia ...
in 1979. During 1970–1980s, he worked a lot as a screenwriter as well as an artistic director at the Alania television company (
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), at the time the center of all filmmaking at the
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, developing the national movie industry. He also taught at
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
since 1982. A member of the
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since 1956. Chulyukin died on March 7, 1987 in
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(
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) where he was a member of the week of the Soviet cinema. The circumstances preceding the death are still unknown. According to one version, he inadvertently fell into the shaft of the elevator of the hotel. However, according to ''The Girls'' actress
Inna Makarova Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cine ...
he was thrown there by some locals after he had tried to protect the Soviet actress
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from molesting, but no investigation followed for political reasons. Chulyukin was buried in Moscow at the
Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery (russian: Ку́нцевское кла́дбище, kúntsevkoye kládbishche) is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation o ...
.Yuri Chulyukin's tomb
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Personal life

*First wife (1957—1966) — actress
Natalya Kustinskaya Natalya Nikolayevna Kustinskaya (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Кусти́нская; 5 April 1938 – 13 December 2012) was a Soviet actress, who was a Meritorious Artist of Russia from 1999. Kustinskaya was born in Moscow, an ...
. *Second wife (before 1987) — actress Ludmila Chulyukina (née Smirnova).


Selected filmography


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