Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg
Born
Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg

(1902-01-17)17 January 1902
Died14 November 1990(1990-11-14) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1924–1961

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (Russian: Леонид Захарович Трауберг, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II.