Iosif Kheifits

Iosif Kheifits was born on 17 December 1905 in Minsk. A graduate in 1927 of the Leningrad technical school of screen arts, then in 1928 of the Institute of Art History, he joined the Sovkino studio, the future Lenfilm, as a screenwriter that same year. He then worked for more than twenty years in tandem with Alexander Zarkhi, then alone. In 1941 and 1942 he directed the setting up of the studios in Tashkent and Tbilisi. Winner of two Stalin Prizes, he was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1964. He died in Saint Petersburg on 24 April 1995.

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• Feature filmHis Name Is Sukhe-BatorЕго зовут Сухэ-БаторIosif Kheifits · 1942Cinema