Viktor Ivanov
Date of Birth:
Feb 13, 1909
Place of Birth:
Kazatin, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Koziatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Viktor Ivanov is a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, writer. He was born in the city of Kozyatyn, Kyiv province. In 1936, he graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Sergei Eisenstein's workshop). During World War II, he fought in the ranks of the Red Army and was wounded. He worked at the Sverdlovsk, Vilnius, Kaunas film studios. Since 1950, he worked as a director at the Dovzhenko Kyiv Film Studio. He was a member of the Union of Writers of Ukraine (since 1956) and the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine.
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