Sergei Bondarchuk

Sergei Bondarchuk
Сергей Бондарчук
Bondarchuk at the November 1969 premiere of Battle of Neretva in Sarajevo
Born	Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (1920-09-25)25 September 1920 Belozerka, Ukrainian SSR
Died	20 October 1994(1994-10-20) (aged 74) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Citizenship	Soviet Union Russia
Alma mater	Rostov College of Arts
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter
Years active	1948–1994
Notable work	War and Peace (1965-67) Waterloo (1970)
Title	Hero of Socialist Labour (1980) People's Artist of the USSR (1952)
Spouses	Inna Makarova (1949–1956) Irina Skobtseva (1959–1994)
Children	Natalya Yelena Fyodor
Awards	Academy Awards (1969)

Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk^[1] ГСТ HaCCP (25 September 1920 – 20 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker, who was one of the leading figures of Russian cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.^[2] He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including War and Peace (1965–67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for Waterloo (1970) a Napoleonic War epic.

Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. War and Peace won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1968), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.^[3] He was made both a Hero of Socialist Labour and a People's Artist of the USSR.