Russian director, People's Artist of the USSR, and screenwriter Marlen Khutsiev has died in Moscow at the age of 94, TASS reports, citing the Union of Cinematographers. "Marlen Martynovich passed away today at seven o'clock in the morning," a representative of the union said .

On Saturday, March 16, Khutsiev was taken to the intensive care unit of the Botkin Hospital, Channel Five reported earlier.

Khutsiev was born in Tbilisi on October 4, 1925. After finishing school, he entered the directing department of VGIK. In 1953, after graduating from the institute, Khutsiev got a job as a director at the Odessa Film Studio. In 1959, he transferred to work at the Gorky Film Studio, and in 1965, to the Mosfilm Film Studio. From 1968 to 1971, Khutsiev was the artistic director of the Ekran creative association of Central Television. Since 1978, he headed the creative workshop of feature film directing at VGIK. Since 1987, the director has been the head of the feature film directing department at VGIK. On December 19, 2008, Khutsiev was elected chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. This year, Khutsiev's latest work, the film Nevechernyaya, is scheduled to hit the screens.

The director's most famous works include " Spring on Zarechnaya Street", " Two Fyodors", " Ilyicha's Outpost", " July Rain", " It Was the Month of May", etc.

Director Marlen Khutsiev Dies