Yuri Ozerov

Born in Moscow, RSFSR [now Russia] on January 26, 1921 — died October 15, 2001 (aged 80)

Yuri Nikolayevich Ozerov (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Озеров; 26 January 1921 – 16 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed twenty films between 1950 and 1995. Ozerov's works won him many awards, among them the title People's Artist of the USSR which was conferred upon him in 1977.