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Filmmaker · Moldova

Vadim Derbenyov

Died in 2016

Vadim Derbeniov was born on 18 June 1934 in Yaroslavl. A graduate in cinematography of the Moscow film institute in 1957, he worked at the Moldova-Film studios, where he shot several films, including the one by Mikhail Kalik about a child who follows the sun, before moving into directing in 1962. He continued his career in Moscow, at Mosfilm and in television, where he notably brought Agatha Christie to the screen, and died in Moscow on 25 October 2016.

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