A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
И. Шапиро
Иосиф Соломонович Шапиро
Birthplace:
Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]
Born:
December 15, 1907
Died:
May 23, 1989
Co-Director:
1970 King Lear
Director:
1941 Song about Friendship
1956 Five Days
1956 Sofya Kovalevskaya
1957 Don César de Bazan
1958 The Whirligig of Life
1959 Aunt Lusha
1959 Nevsky Melodies
1966 Three Fat Men
1970 King Lear
1973 The Last Days of Pompeii
1978 Come and Work at the Savings Bank
1978 Wait For Me, Islands!
1981 Comrade Innokenti
1983 Varvara's Day
Producer:
1941 Song about Friendship
1955 The Gadfly
1956 Five Days
1956 Sofya Kovalevskaya
1957 Don César de Bazan
1958 The Whirligig of Life
1959 Aunt Lusha
1959 Nevsky Melodies
1966 Three Fat Men
1970 King Lear
1973 The Last Days of Pompeii
1978 Come and Work at the Savings Bank
1978 Wait For Me, Islands!
1981 Comrade Innokenti
1983 Varvara's Day
Screenplay:
1941 Song about Friendship
1955 The Gadfly
1956 Five Days
1956 Sofya Kovalevskaya
1957 Don César de Bazan
1958 The Whirligig of Life
1959 Aunt Lusha
1959 Nevsky Melodies
1966 Three Fat Men
1970 King Lear
1973 The Last Days of Pompeii
1978 Come and Work at the Savings Bank
1978 Wait For Me, Islands!
1981 Comrade Innokenti
1983 Varvara's Day
Writer:
1941 Song about Friendship
1955 The Gadfly
1956 Five Days
1956 Sofya Kovalevskaya
1957 Don César de Bazan
1958 The Whirligig of Life
1959 Aunt Lusha
1959 Nevsky Melodies
1966 Three Fat Men
1970 King Lear
1973 The Last Days of Pompeii
1978 Come and Work at the Savings Bank
1978 Wait For Me, Islands!
1981 Comrade Innokenti
1983 Varvara's Day
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