- Born
- Died
- Birth nameElem Germanovich Klimov
- Elem Klimov was born on July 9, 1933 in Stalingrad, Nizhne-Volzhskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast, Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for Come and See (1985), Rasputin (1981) and Adventures of a Dentist (1965). He was married to Larisa Shepitko. He died on October 26, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.
- SpouseLarisa Shepitko(1963 - June 2, 1979) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesGerman Klimov(Sibling)
- He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.
- During the Battle of Stalingrad, he, his mother and his baby brother were evacuated from their home and crossed the Volga on a makeshift raft. Klimov would later draw on these experiences for his 1985 film Come and See.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 40th Cannes International Film Festival in 1987.
- Klimov completed no more films after Come and See. While he had plans to make more films in the late 1980s, he said in 2000 that he had "lost interest in making films. Everything that was possible I felt I had already done.".
- Elem Klimov was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He is best known for his final film, 1985's "Come and See" , which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one of the greatest films ever made.
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