Elem Klimov

Directing

Born July 9, 1933 — Died October 26, 2003

From Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]

Also known as Elem Germanowitsch Klimow, Elem Germanovič Klimov, Элем Климов

Biography

Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Эле́м Ге́рманович Кли́мов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director. He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), which follows...