Elem Klimov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elem Klimov

Soviet film director

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1933

Place of Birth: Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2003

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: ???´? ??´???????? ???´???; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director.
He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko.
Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (??? ? ??????), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one of the greatest war films ever made.
He also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.