Semyon Derevyansky
Semyon Iosifovich Derevyanskiy was a Soviet feature and documentary film director. He was born in Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslav guberniya, Russian Empire. He graduated from the Commercial School. From 1926 to 1927, he studied acting with I.Z. Trauberg and G.M. Kozintsev at the FEKS studio in Leningrad. He worked at the Leningrad factories Trudkino, Rosfilm, Lensoyuzkino (later Lenfilm), first as an assistant director: Rest on End (1929), Woman in the Forest (1930), then as an assistant director: In This World (1931), Seeking Protection (1932), Moonstone (1935), Deputy of the Baltic, Son of Mongolia (1936), The Year Nineteen (1937), Courage, Tankers (1939), acted in episodic roles. Later he worked as a second director. Director-producer of two feature films (in co-authorship), as well as documentaries.
She Loves You
(Director)
Wings of Victory
(Second Unit Director)
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator
(Co-Director)
Center Forward
(Director)
The Rumyantsev Case
(Second Unit Director)
New Attraction Today
(Second Unit Director)
I Love You, Life
(Assistant Director)
Moonstone
(Assistant Director)
Baltic Deputy
(Assistant Director)
Red Tanks
(Assistant Director)
Courage
(Assistant Director)
Unfinished Story
(Co-Director)
When the Bridges Are Raised
(Assistant Director)
The Precious Seed
(Assistant Director)
Malakhov Kurgan
(Assistant Director)
The Very First Space
(Assistant Director)
My Dear Fellow
(Assistant Director)
Lady with the Dog
(Assistant Director)
A Big Family
(Assistant Director)
Zhambyl
(Assistant Director)
The Fires of Baku
(Co-Director)