Semyon Derevyansky

Director, Actor

November 28, 1902 — July 17, 1981 (78 years)
Semyon Iosifovich Derevyanskiy was a Soviet feature and documentary film director. He was born in Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslav guberniya, Russian Empire. He graduated from the Commercial School. From 1926 to 1927, he studied acting with I.Z. Trauberg and G.M. Kozintsev at the FEKS studio in Leningrad. He worked at the Leningrad factories Trudkino, Rosfilm, Lensoyuzkino (later Lenfilm), first as an assistant director: Rest on End (1929), Woman in the Forest (1930), then as an assistant director: In This World (1931), Seeking Protection (1932), Moonstone (1935), Deputy of the Baltic, Son of Mongolia (1936), The Year Nineteen (1937), Courage, Tankers (1939), acted in episodic roles. Later he worked as a second director. Director-producer of two feature films (in co-authorship), as well as documentaries.

Known For

  • Lady with the Dog
    Lady with the Dog1960
  • The Rumyantsev Case
    The Rumyantsev Case1956
  • A Big Family
    A Big Family1954
  • My Dear Fellow
    My Dear Fellow1958
  • She Loves You
    She Loves You1957
  • Wings of Victory
    Wings of Victory1941
  • Baltic Deputy
    Baltic Deputy1937
  • Unfinished Story
    Unfinished Story1955
  • Courage
    Courage1939
  • Center Forward
    Center Forward1947
  • The Last Hill
    The Last Hill1944
  • Zhambyl
    Zhambyl1953
  • The Fires of Baku
    The Fires of Baku1950
  • New Attraction Today
    New Attraction Today1966

Filmography

1966
Segodnya novyy attraktsion · as Second Unit Director
1960
The Lady with the Dog · as Assistant Director
1958
Dorogoy moy chelovek · as Assistant Director
1956
The Rumyantsev Case · as Second Unit Director
1955
Neokonchennaya povest · as Co-Director
1954
A Big Family · as Assistant Director
1952
Dzhambul · as Assistant Director
1950
Ogni Baku · as Co-Director
1944
The Last Hill · as Assistant Director
1941
Wings of Victory · as Second Unit Director
1939
Muzhestvo · as Assistant Director
1937
Baltic Deputy · as Assistant Director