Igor Savchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Igor Savchenko

Soviet filmmaker (1906-1950)

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1906

Place of Birth: Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1950

Profession: screenwriter, photographer, film director

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Igor Andreyevich Savchenko or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko (11 October 1906 – 14 December 1950) was a screenwriter and film director, often cited as one of the great early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Aleksandr Dovzhenko.
He is also known for teaching Sergei Parajanov at the Russian film school VGIK, also attended by Parajanov's best friend Mikhail Vartanov.