Lev Stefanovich Danilov (; 19 April 1926 — 22 September 1991Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
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(1980).Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
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Life and career

He was born on 19 April 1926 in

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in the family of an employee. Member of the

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. He was awarded the medal "For Courage" (1945), the

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, I degree (1985).Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
/ref> Graduated from the directing department of the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

(1951; workshop of

Igor Savchenko Igor Andreyevich Savchenko () or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko (; 11 October 1906 – 14 December 1950) was a Soviet screenwriter and film director of Ukrainian origin. He has often been cited as one of the great early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Se ...

). He worked at the Far Eastern Television Studio, in 1956-1957 at the Odessa Film studio, where he directed the film "" (1957; co-authored with

Grigori Aronov Grigori (Geliy) Lazarevich Aronov (Григо́рий (Ге́лий) Ла́заревич Аро́нов, born 1 January 1923 in Pochep; died 1 July 1984 in Pochep) was a Soviet Union, Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He co-directed ' ...

). Since 1958 he has been working at the

Central Studio for Documentary Film Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film () was a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. It is headquartered in Moscow. History Studio traced its history from 1927, when a ...

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. Lev Stefanovich Danilov died on 22 September 1991. He was buried at the Golovinskoye Cemetery in Moscow.Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
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Selected filmography

* ''The Sailor Went Ashore'' (1957) * ''Cuban Encounters'' (1961) * ''Near Eternity'' (1968) * ''Liberation of Ukraine'' (1978) * ''Commanders. Memories of the Last War'' (1988) * ''Penal Battalion (Plots from order No. 227)'' (1989) * ''On the Katyn Question'' (1989) * ''Dossier on General Vlasov'' (1990)

References

External links

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{{Authority control 1926 births 1991 deaths Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia) Mass media people from Vladivostok Soviet film directors Soviet documentary film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet male screenwriters Soviet military personnel of World War II Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Lenin Prize