1. Grigory Naumovich Chukhray was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin.
12 Facts About Grigory Chukhray
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Grigory Chukhray's parents divorced when he was three years old.
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Grigory Chukhray was raised by a stepfather, Pavel Antonovich Litvinenko, the head of kolkhoz.
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Grigory Chukhray served in the 229th separate communications battalion of the 134th Infantry Division.
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Grigory Chukhray fought at the Southern, Stalingrad and Don Fronts.
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Two years later Grigory Chukhray served as the president of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.
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Between 1966 and 1971, Grigory Chukhray headed the director's courses at VGIK.
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Grigory Chukhray served as a member of the State Committee for Cinematography between 1964 and 1991.
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In 1984, Grigory Chukhray directed his final Soviet film, together with Yuri Shvyryov: I'll Teach You to Dream.
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In 1994, Grigory Chukhray was awarded a Nika Award for his lifetime contribution to cinema.
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Grigory Chukhray was married to Iraida Chukhray, a teacher of Russian language and literature.
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Grigory Chukhray died of heart failure in Moscow in 2001 at the age of eighty.