Samson Samsonov Самсон Самсонов | |
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Born | Samson Iosifovich Edelstein February 23, 1921 |
Died | August 31, 2002 | (aged 81)
Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
Years active | 1948–1996 |
Notable work | An Optimistic Tragedy (1963) |
Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1991) |
Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (Russian: Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.[1]
Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov.