1985Winner
Best Director
Come and See
Elem Klimov
Actor · Director · Writer
Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]
July 9, 1933
Biography
Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Эле́м Ге́рманович Кли́мов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director. He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Belarus during the German-Soviet War and is often considered one of the greatest war films ever made. He also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1981Nominee
Best Director
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1970Nominee
Best Director
Sport, Sport, Sport
Career Highlights
1964Highlight
Best Director
Welcome, or No Trespassing
1974Highlight
Best Director
And Still I Believe
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Come and See
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin