Igor Savchenko

Screenwriter, Film director

1906 – 1950

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Who was Igor Savchenko?

Igor Andreyevich Savchenko was a writer and director of films, often cited as one of the great early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin and Aleksandr Dovzhenko. He is also known for teaching the genius Sergei Parajanov at the famous Russian film school VGIK, also attended by Parajanov's best friend Mikhail Vartanov.

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Born
Oct 11, 1906
Ukraine
Also known as
  • Igor Sawtschenko
  • Igor Andreyevich Savchenko
Nationality
  • Ukraine
Profession
Died
Dec 14, 1950

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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