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Iosif Shapiro(1907-1989)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Iosif Shapiro was born on 15 December 1907 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a director and writer, known for Sofya Kovalevskaya (1956), Doch rodiny (1937) and Nevskiye melodii (1960). He died on 23 May 1989 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
BornDecember 15, 1907
DiedMay 23, 1989(81)
BornDecember 15, 1907
DiedMay 23, 1989(81)
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Known for

Sofya Kovalevskaya (1956)
Sofya Kovalevskaya
5.3
  • Director
  • 1956
Doch rodiny (1937)
Doch rodiny
5.3
  • Director(as I. Shapiro)
  • 1937
Boris Matyushkin and Grenada Mnatsakanova in Nevskiye melodii (1960)
Nevskiye melodii
  • Director
  • 1960
A Greater Promise (1936)
A Greater Promise
6.3
  • Director(as I. Shapiro)
  • 1936

Credits

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Director

  • Varvarin den (1982)
    Varvarin den
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Tovarishch Innokentiy (1981)
    Tovarishch Innokentiy
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Sasha Prokhorov in Zhdite menya, ostrova! (1978)
    Zhdite menya, ostrova!
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Poslednie dni Pompey (1973)
    Poslednie dni Pompey
    4.7
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Jüri Järvet in King Lear (1970)
    King Lear
    8.0
    • co-director
    • 1970
  • Tri tolstyaka (1966)
    Tri tolstyaka
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Boris Matyushkin and Grenada Mnatsakanova in Nevskiye melodii (1960)
    Nevskiye melodii
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Kolovrashcheniye zhizni (1958)
    Kolovrashcheniye zhizni
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Don Sezar de Bazan (1957)
    Don Sezar de Bazan
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Sofya Kovalevskaya (1956)
    Sofya Kovalevskaya
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Pesn o druzhbe (1941)
    Pesn o druzhbe
    4.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Doch rodiny (1937)
    Doch rodiny
    5.3
    • co-director (as I. Shapiro)
    • 1937
  • A Greater Promise (1936)
    A Greater Promise
    6.3
    • co-director (as I. Shapiro)
    • 1936

Writer

  • The Sleeping Beauty (1964)
    The Sleeping Beauty
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Kolovrashcheniye zhizni (1958)
    Kolovrashcheniye zhizni
    6.3
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1958
  • Don Sezar de Bazan (1957)
    Don Sezar de Bazan
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • scenario
    • 1957
  • Sofya Kovalevskaya (1956)
    Sofya Kovalevskaya
    5.3
    • Writer
    • 1956

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, and Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Hamlet (1964)
    Hamlet
    8.2
    • co-director (as I. Shapiro)
    • 1964
  • The Gadfly (1955)
    The Gadfly
    6.7
    • second unit director
    • 1955
  • Pirogov (1947)
    Pirogov
    6.1
    • second unit director (as I. Shapiro)
    • 1947

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • I. Shapiro
  • Born
    • December 15, 1907
    • Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]
  • Died
    • May 23, 1989
    • Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Although Iosif Shapiro died in St. Petersburg, Russia, his burial-place is the cemetery at New York City, USA.

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