Leonid Trauberg
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 4, 1902
Day of Death: November 13, 1990 (89 years old)
Place of Birth: Odessa, Russian Empire (Ukraine)
Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg 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.
