death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
8 september 1996 derazhnya , soviet union -lrb- now ukraine -rrb- 23 july 1934 1973 & ndash ; 1994 semyon aranovich
 semyon aranovich film director
semyon aranovich

semyon davidovich aranovich -lrb- Семён Аранович , 23 july 1934 , derazhnya , ukraine , soviet union -- 8 september 1996 -rrb- was a soviet and russian film director whose work included the documentaries '' i was stalin 's bodyguard '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- and `` the anna achmatova files '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- -lrb- about the poet -rrb- as well as features like `` torpedo bombers '' .
his 1994 film `` the year of the dog '' won the silver bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 44th berlin international film festival .
andrei kravchuk has made a documentary about him , `` semyon aranovich : poslednii kadr '' -lrb- `` semyon aranovich : the final shot '' -rrb- .
