Mikhail Shapiro - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips.
April 2, 1908, Ekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Russian Empire - October 26, 1971, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.
Soviet director, screenwriter.
Studied at the Leningrad College of Screen Art (1925-1926), at the Film Department of the Leningrad Institute of Art History (1926-1928).
He worked as an accompanist at the Leningrad Proletkult Theater. Over the years, he staged performances in the country's opera houses. Since 1928 - director of the Sovkino film studio (Lenfilm).
In 1941-1942 he was a translator of the political department of the Leningrad Front, in 1942-1945 he was a director of the TsOKS.
In 1948-1953 he was senior editor of the script department of the Lenfilm film studio.
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