Georgijevič German is a Russian director and screenwriter, son of the writer and screenwriter Jurij German. He studied at the Institute for Drama Art in Leningrad. In 1964, he began working in Lenfilm studio, first as an assistant director and later as a director himself. He co-directed the film Sedmoy sputnik (The Seventh Companion, 1967) with Grigorij Aranov, and Proverka na dorogakh (Check-up On the Roads, 1971) was his directing debut. Afterwards he made Dvadtsat dney bez voyny (Twenty Days Without War, 1976), Moy drug Ivan Lapšin (My Friend Ivan Lapshin, 1984) and Khrustalyov, mashinu! (1998), which won the Russian film award, Nika in the category Best film and Best director. His last film is Trudno byt\' bogom (Hard To Be a God, 2006).