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Roman Grigoryev

Born October 13, 1911 · Nikitovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died September 3, 1972 · aged 60

Roman Grigoryev was a Soviet documentary filmmaker, writer, and editor who began his career at Ukrainian film studios in the 1930s, where he became an admirer of Dziga Vertov and a devoted documentary filmmaker. Later called to Moscow as a newsreel editor, he worked on footage from Roman Karmen’s coverage of the Spanish Civil War and later Karmen’s Yenan footage from China. Seeking more active fie…