Iosif Kheifits

Iosif Kheifits
Born(1905-04-12)12 April 1905
Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Died24 April 1995(1995-04-24) (aged 90)
St. Petersburg, Russia
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1928-1989

Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits[1] (Russian: Иосиф Ефимович Хейфиц; 17 December [O.S. 4 December] 1905 – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union since 1945.[2]

  1. ^ The transliteration of his name is also given as Josef Heifitz, Josif Heifits (Oxford Companion to Film, 1976, p326) and numerous others.
  2. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 339–342. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.