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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Soviet and Russian film director}}<br />
{{family name hatnote|Davidovich |Aranovich|lang=Eastern Slavic}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
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| name = Семён Аранович<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|7|23|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Derazhnya]], [[UkSSR]], [[USSR]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|9|8|1934|7|23|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]<br />
| othername =<br />
| occupation = [[Film director]]<br />
| yearsactive = 1973 &ndash; 1994<br />
}}<br />
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'''Semyon Davidovich Aranovich''' (Russian: Семён Дави́дович Арано́вич, 23 July 1934, [[Derazhnya]], [[Ukraine]], [[Soviet Union]] &ndash; 8 September 1996, [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]) was a Soviet and Russian [[film director]].<ref name="rollberg">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=978-1442268425|page=56}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvkultura.ru/person/show/person_id/326/|work=[[Russia-K]]|title=Семен Аранович}}</ref><br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Aranovich attended the Supreme Naval Aviation School in Nikolaev, graduating in 1955, and served for two years in the Soviet naval aviation troops. In 1965, he graduated from [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|VGIK]], where he studied under [[Roman Karmen]]. While working at the [[Lendoc|Leningrad Documentary Studio]] in 1965–1970, Aranovich directed the biographical ''Time That Is Always with Us'' (1965) and ''The Friend of Gorky’s — Andreeva'' (1966), among other works. Two of his documentaries—one about Maksim Gorky’s last years, made in 1967, and one co-directed with [[Aleksandr Sokurov]] on [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (1980) — were shelved and only released during the [[Perestroika]].<ref name="rollberg"/><br />
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His works included the documentaries'' [[I Was Stalin's Bodyguard]]'' (1990) and ''[[The Anna Akhmatova Files]]'' (1989) (about the [[Anna Akhmatova|poet]]) as well as features like ''[[Torpedo Bombers]]'' (1983), which was his greatest critical and box-office success. His 1994 film ''[[The Year of the Dog (film)|The Year of the Dog]]'' won the [[Silver Bear|Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution]] at the [[44th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistr_ger_1994/03_Preistraeger_1994.html |title=Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners |accessdate=2011-06-12 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref><br />
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He also directed the well-known television miniseries ''[[Rafferty (1980 TV series)|Rafferty]]'' in 1980 and ''[[Confrontation (TV series)|Confrontation]]'' in 1985.<br />
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[[Andrei Kravchuk]] has made a documentary about him, ''Semyon Aranovich: Poslednii Kadr'' (''Semyon Aranovich: The Final Shot'').<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
===Documentary===<br />
*''The Anna Achmatova Files'' (Личное дело Анны Ахматовой, 1989)<br />
*''I Was Stalin's Bodyguard'' (Я служил в охране Сталина, или Опыт документальной мифологии, 1990)<br />
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===Film and television===<br />
*''[[...And Other Officials]]'' (…И другие официальные лица, 1976)<br />
*''[[Summer Trip to the Sea]]'' (Летняя поездка к морю, 1978)<br />
*''[[Rafferty (1980 TV series)|Rafferty]]'' (Рафферти, 1980, TV)<br />
*''[[Torpedo Bombers]]'' (Торпедоносцы, 1983)<br />
*''[[The Year of the Dog (film)|The Year of the Dog]]'' (Год собаки, 1994)<br />
*''[[Confrontation (TV series)|Confrontation]]'' (Противостояние, 1985, TV)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0033081}}<br />
*[http://staroe.tv/film/torpedonoscy.php ''Torpedo Bombers''] at Staroe.tv (video viewable inside Russia)<br />
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