Samson Samsonov Самсон Самсонов
Born	Samson Iosifovich Edelstein (1921-02-23)February 23, 1921 Novozybkov, Russian SFSR
Died	August 31, 2002(2002-08-31) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Years active	1948–1996
Notable work	An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
Title	People's Artist of the USSR (1991)

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.^[1]

Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov.

Filmography

• Poprygunya (Попрыгунья) / The Grasshopper (1955)
• Za vitrinnoy univermaga (За витриной универмага) / Behind Show Windows (1956)
• Ognennye versty (Огненные вёрсты) / Miles of Fire (1957)
• Rovesnik veka (Ровесник века) /Contemporary of the Century (1960)
• Optimisticheskaya tragediya (Оптимистическая трагедия) / Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
• Tri sestry (Три сестры) / The Three Sisters (1964)
• Arena (Арена) / Arena (1967)
• Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat (Каждый вечер в одиннадцать) /Each Evening at Eleven (1969)
• Mnogo shuma iz nichego (Много шума из ничего) / Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
• Chisto angliyskoe ubiystvo (Чисто английское убийство) /A Very English Murder (1974)
• Beshenoe zoloto (Бешеное золото) /The Golden Fleece (1976)
• Zhuravl v nebe (Журавль в небе) / Crane in the Sky (1977)
• Torgovka i poet (Торговка и поэт) / (1980)
• Vosmoye chudo sveta (Восьмое чудо света) / Eighth Wonder of the World (1981)
• Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye (Одиноким предоставляется общежитие) / Offered for Singles (1983)
• Tantsploshchadka (Танцплощадка) / Dancefloor (1985)
• Neprikayannyy (Неприкаянный) / Stranded (1989)
• Myshelovka (Мышеловка) / The Mousetrap (1990)
• Kazino (Казино) / Casino (1992)
• Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (Милый друг давно забытых лет...) / Sweet Friend of Years Forgotten Long Ago... (1996)