Viktor Ivanov

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 13, 1909

Died

June 18, 1981 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Kozyatin, Kievskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also Known As

  • V. Ivanov
  • Віктор Іванов
  • Іванов Віктор Михайлович
  • Виктор Иванов
  • Victor Ivanov

Viktor Ivanov

Biography

Viktor Ivanov is a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, writer.

He was born in the city of Kozyatyn, Kyiv province. In 1936, he graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Sergei Eisenstein's workshop).

During World War II, he fought in the ranks of the Red Army and was wounded.

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He worked at the Sverdlovsk, Vilnius, Kaunas film studios.

Since 1950, he worked as a director at the Dovzhenko Kyiv Film Studio.

He was a member of the Union of Writers of Ukraine (since 1956) and the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine.

Known For

Directing