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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-02-13 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

Kozyatin, Kievskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

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.

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

Acting

1968

Big Troubles for a Small Boy as Sci-fi film director

Directing

1981

The Snow Wedding as Director

1980

Смотрины as Director

1974

Good luck! as Director

1968

Непоседы as Director

1964

The Keys of Skies as Director

1961

Chasing Two Hares as Director

1960

Oleksa Dovbush as Director

1958

Hundred Thousands as Director

Writing

1974

Good luck! as Screenplay

1968

1964

Big "Wick" as Author

1961

Chasing Two Hares as Screenplay

1960

Oleksa Dovbush as Screenplay