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Marlen Khutsiyev
Directing
04 Oct 1925
† 19 Mar 2019
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Biography
Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev (Russian: Марле́н Марты́нович Хуци́ев; 4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. Khutsiev studied film in the directing department at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), graduating in 1952. He worked as a director at the Odessa film studio from 1952 to 1958, and worked full-time...
Also Known As
Marlen Khutsiev, Marlen Khutsyyev, Marlen Khutsyev, Marlen Chuziew, Marlen Hutsijev



















