abstract:Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (; (, Kamen-na-Obi – February 7, 1968, Moscow) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios (1954–57)Ирина Гращенкова, Пырьев Иван Александрович, Кинобраз.