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- Died
- Birth nameElem Germanovich Klimov
- Elem Klimov was born on July 9, 1933 in Stalingrad, Nizhne-Volzhskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast, Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for Come and See (1985), Rasputin (1981) and Pokhozhdeniya zubnogo vracha (1965). He was married to Larisa Shepitko. He died on October 26, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.
- SpouseLarisa Shepitko(? - June 2, 1979) (her death, 1 child)
- He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 40th Cannes International Film Festival in 1987.
- During the Battle of Stalingrad, he, his mother and his baby brother were evacuated from their home and crossed the Volga on a makeshift raft. Klimov would later draw on these experiences for his 1985 film Come and See.
- Klimov completed no more films after Come and See. While he had plans to make more films in the late 1980s, he said in 2000 that he had "lost interest in making films. Everything that was possible I felt I had already done.".
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1983.
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