Valery Uskov

Valery Uskov
Валерий Усков
Born
Valery Ivanovich Uskov

(1933-04-22)22 April 1933
Sverdlovsk, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died24 August 2025(2025-08-24) (aged 92)
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
Years active1963–2024
RelativesVladimir Krasnopolsky (second cousin)

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ "Свердловская киностудия празднует 65-летие со дня основания". PИА Новости (in Russian). 2 February 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Умер актер и режиссер Валерий Усков, снявший "Вечный зов"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Валерий Усков: "У Краснопольского — аппендицит, у меня — тоже"". Vechernyaya Moskva (in Russian). 16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Умер выдающийся режиссер, снявший популярный сериал «Вечный зов»: что известно о Валерии Ускове". ura.news (in Russian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Ушел из жизни кинорежиссер, член Союза кинематографистов России Валерий Усков (22.04.1933-24.08.2025)". Союз кинематографистов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Умер народный артист РСФСР Валерий Усков". PИА Новости (in Russian). 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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