Marlen Khutsiev

Marlen Khutsiev
Марлен Хуциев
Khutsiev in 2018
Born(1925-10-04)4 October 1925
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 March 2019(2019-03-19) (aged 93)
Moscow, Russia
Occupations
Years active1952–2019
SpouseIrina Solovyova
Awards

Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev (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.