Samson Samsonov

Born 23 March 1921 in Novozybkov, Bryanskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR

Died 31 August 2002 (aged 81)

Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (Russian: Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.