Vladimir Yerofeyev

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Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1898-04-02
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Vladimir Alekseevich Erofeev ( April 1, 1898 , Moscow - July 14, 1940 , Chokh , Dagestan ) - was a Soviet documentary filmmaker, critic. Since 1918, he worked at the ROSTA Windows. From 1922 he worked in the film press; in 1923-1925 - Editor of Kino-gazeta (Erofeev, together with N.A. Lebedev, was the initiator of its creation). Since 1927, he has been a director of the Moscow and Leningrad film factories "Sovkino", the Moscow film factory of culture films. One of the founders of the genre of expeditionary films in Soviet cinema. Since 1930 - the director of the movie theater "Vostokkino" (since 1932 - the movie movie "Vostokfilm"). In 1935-1940. - director of the Moscow film factory (then - short-cut) newsreels - the Central newsreel studio. In 1935-1937. edited several issues of "Soyuzkinozhurnal" and special issues "On the events in Spain". In 1923 - one of the initiators of the creation of the Association of Revolutionary Cinematography and its active worker in 1923-1928. Author of many reviews, articles on the problems of documentary films. He died on July 14, 1940 in the village of Chokh in Dagestan , where he was on a film expedition.