{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2758082/erik-pyryev",
  "name": "Erik Pyryev",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2758082/erik-pyryev",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Son of director Ivan Pyryev and actress Ada Voytsik, in 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. He filmed the musical monograph \"Dunajevsky's Melodies\". He was the second director in the movies \"Our mutual friend\" and \"Man without a passport\".\n\nUnfortunately, he didn't make it anymore. Died at age 39. According to one version, he had a weak heart.",
  "birthDate": "1931-06-02",
  "deathDate": "1970-01-01",
  "birthPlace": "Moscow, USSR",
  "alternateName": [
    "Э. Пырьев",
    "Eric Pyryev"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nWXV6vqPf2VRO8EhQvh7XUwUwdH.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701575"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "4 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 43118,
      "title": "Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot",
      "year": "1958",
      "role": "as Ivan IV as a boy",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.337,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9VufNqHN0EIkZAsJIv5vDYIitPo.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/43118/ivan-the-terrible-part-ii-the-boyars-plot-1958"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 148427,
      "title": "Different Fortunes",
      "year": "1956",
      "role": "Second Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aIttklUfAjpbATrBgF4OFhdn0u5.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/148427/different-fortunes-1956"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 364700,
      "title": "Aleksa Dundic",
      "year": "1958",
      "role": "Second Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.563,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/okPPzYbbQahuZDmlUhL4DKOmcHT.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/364700/aleksa-dundic-1958"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 884406,
      "title": "Мелодии Дунаевского",
      "year": "1963",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/32AvYwZR4B9pe9xMWHpnjZFXAW7.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/884406/-1963"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 541907,
      "title": "Own",
      "year": "1970",
      "role": "Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.667,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hU8shak2BjeT5Ds5Yv1oHWfyxre.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/541907/own-1970"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 535252,
      "title": "Our Mutual Friend",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h33hydBO1GoxdEQLTnF0FwPr1XR.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/535252/our-mutual-friend-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 512940,
      "title": "Man Without a Passport",
      "year": "1966",
      "role": "Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dD06Qoanc43526hU7tQTjsQpQ8l.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/512940/man-without-a-passport-1966"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 692086,
      "title": "Sponge Catchers",
      "year": "1960",
      "role": "Assistant Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5QsSv1iaTcyZlbx4t16vkdWfwn5.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/692086/sponge-catchers-1960"
    }
  ]
}