Valery Uskov
Russian film and television director (1933–2025)
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Valery Ivanovich Uskov (Russian: Вале́рий Ива́нович Уско́в; 22 April 1933 – 24 August 2025) was a Russian film and television director and screenwriter. He was known for directing the films The Slowest Train (1963),[1] Stewardess (1967) and Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), as well as episodes of the historical television series Eternal Call.[2] He directed almost all of his films alongside his second cousin, Vladimir Krasnopolsky.[3] The two separated in 2016.
22 April 1933
- Director
- screenwriter
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| Born | Valery Ivanovich Uskov 22 April 1933 Sverdlovsk, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 24 August 2025 (aged 92) |
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| Years active | 1963–2024 |
| Relatives | Vladimir Krasnopolsky (second cousin) |
Uskov graduated from Ural State University in 1955,[4] and from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1961.[2] He worked at Sverdlovsk Film Studio, was director of Mosfilm, and staged the plays Her Friend and On the Wedding Day by Viktor Rozov at the Moscow Gorky Academic Art Theatre.[4]
Uskov was a recipient of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983). He died on 24 August 2025, at the age of 92.[5][6]
