Semyon Aranovich

Семён Аранович
Born	(1934-07-23)23 July 1934 Derazhnya, , UkSSR, USSR
Died	8 September 1996(1996-09-08) (aged 62) Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1973 – 1994

Semyon Davidovich Aranovich (Ukrainian: Семён Аранович, 23 July 1934, Derazhnya, Ukraine, Soviet Union – 8 September 1996, Hamburg, Germany) was a Soviet and Russian film director.

His works included the documentaries I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (1990) and The Anna Akhmatova Files (1989) (about the poet) as well as features like Torpedo Bombers. His 1994 film The Year of the Dog won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.

He also directed the well-known television miniseries Rafferty in 1980 and Confrontation in 1985.

Andrei Kravchuk has made a documentary about him, Semyon Aranovich: Poslednii Kadr (Semyon Aranovich: The Final Shot).

Selected filmography

Documentary

• The Anna Achmatova Files (Личное дело Анны Ахматовой, 1989)
• I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (Я служил в охране Сталина, или Опыт документальной мифологии, 1990)

Film and television

• ...And Other Officials (…И другие официальные лица, 1976)
• Summer Trip to the Sea (Летняя поездка к морю, 1978)
• Rafferty (Рафферти, 1980, TV)
• Torpedo Bombers (Торпедоносцы, 1983)
• Confrontation (Противостояние, 1985, TV)
• The Year of the Dog (Год собаки, 1984)

External links

• Semyon Aranovich at IMDb
• Torpedo Bombers at Staroe.tv (video viewable inside Russia)