Lev Stefanovich Danilov (russian: Лев Стефанович Данилов; 19 April 1926 — 22 September 1991Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
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Life and career

He was born on 19 April 1926 in

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

in the family of an employee. Member of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

. He was awarded the medal "For Courage" (1945), the

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

, I degree (1985).Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
/ref> Graduated from the directing department of the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(1951; workshop of

Igor Savchenko Igor Andreyevich Savchenko (russian: Игорь Андреевич Са́вченко) or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko ( uk, І́гор Андрі́йович Са́вченко; 11 October 1906 – 14 December 1950) was a screenwriter and film di ...

). He worked at the Far Eastern Television Studio, in 1956-1957 at the Odessa Film studio, where he directed the film "" (1957; co-authored with Grigori Aronov). Since 1958 he has been working at the

Central Studio for Documentary Film Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film () is a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. It is headquartered in Moscow. History Studio traced its history from 1927, when a ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. Lev Stefanovich Danilov died on 22 September 1991. He was buried at the in Moscow.Лев Данилов. Музей ЦСДФ
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Selected filmography

* ''The Sailor Went Ashore'' (1957) * ''Cuban Encounters'' (1961) * ''Near Eternity'' (1968) * ''Liberation of Ukraine'' (1978) * ''Commanders. Memories of the Last War'' (1988) * ''Penal Battalion (Plots from order No. 227)'' (1989) * ''On the Katyn Question'' (1989) * ''Dossier on General Vlasov'' (1990)

References

External links

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{{Authority control 1926 births 1991 deaths Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia) Mass media people from Vladivostok Soviet film directors Soviet documentary film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet military personnel of World War II Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Lenin Prize