Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (russian: Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, he was granted the honorary title of

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...

in 1991. Samson Samsonov graduated from

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

in 1951, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov.

Filmography

*''Poprygunya (Попрыгунья) / The Grasshopper'' (1955) *''Za vitrinnoy univermaga (За витриной универмага) /

Behind Show Windows ''Behind Show Windows'' (russian: За витриной универмага) is a 1955 Soviet comedy film directed by Samson Samsonov. Plot The head of the finished dress section, Mikhail Krylov, did not get along with the director of the garme ...

'' (1956) *''Ognennye versty (Огненные вёрсты) /

Miles of Fire ''Miles of Fire, The Burning Miles' or The Fiery Miles' (russian: Огненные вёрсты, translit. Ognennye versty'') is an early Red Western filmed by Samson Samsonov in 1957. Often considered the earliest of the 'Red Westerns' (o ...

'' (1957) *''Rovesnik veka (Ровесник века) /Contemporary of the Century'' (1960) *''Optimisticheskaya tragediya (Оптимистическая трагедия) / Optimistic Tragedy'' (1963) *''Tri sestry (Три сестры) / The Three Sisters'' (1964) *''Arena (Арена) / Arena'' (1967) *''Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat (Каждый вечер в одиннадцать) /Each Evening at Eleven'' (1969) *''Mnogo shuma iz nichego (Много шума из ничего) /

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'' (1973) *''Chisto angliyskoe ubiystvo (Чисто английское убийство) /

A Very English Murder ''A Very English Murder'' (russian: Чисто английское убийство, Chisto angliyskoe ubiystvo) is a 1974 cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet teleplay directed by Samson Samsonov, based on the 1951 novel ''An English Murder'' by ...

'' (1974) *''Beshenoe zoloto (Бешеное золото) /The Golden Fleece'' (1976) *''Zhuravl v nebe (Журавль в небе) / Crane in the Sky'' (1977) *''Torgovka i poet (Торговка и поэт)'' / (1980) *''Vosmoye chudo sveta (Восьмое чудо света) / Eighth Wonder of the World'' (1981) *''Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye (Одиноким предоставляется общежитие) /

Offered for Singles Offered for Singles (russian: Одиноким предоставляется общежитие, Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye) is a 1984 romantic comedy directed by Samson Samsonov and written by Arkady Inin. Plot Vera Golubeva, ...

'' (1983) *''Tantsploshchadka (Танцплощадка) / Dancefloor'' (1985) *''Neprikayannyy (Неприкаянный) / Stranded'' (1989) *''Myshelovka (Мышеловка) / The Mousetrap'' (1990) *''Kazino (Казино) / Casino'' (1992) *''Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (Милый друг давно забытых лет...) / Sweet Friend of Years Forgotten Long Ago...'' (1996)

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* 1921 births 2002 deaths People from Novozybkov Soviet film directors Russian film directors Soviet screenwriters Male screenwriters Russian male writers People's Artists of the USSR Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Russian Jews Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers {{USSR-film-director-stub