Valery Uskov

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.

Valery Uskov
Валерий Усков
Born	Valery Ivanovich Uskov (1933-04-22)22 April 1933 Sverdlovsk, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	24 August 2025(2025-08-24) (aged 92)
Occupations	Director screenwriter
Years active	1963–2024
Relatives	Vladimir Krasnopolsky (second cousin)

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]