Izrail Goldshtein

Known for

Directing

Born

February 2, 1918

Died

February 17, 2003 (aged 85)

Biography

Izrail Tsalovich (Tsalovich) Goldshtein (February 2, 1918 – February 17, 2003, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. He was named an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1988. Laureate of the Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. People's Artist of Ukraine (2001).

He enrolled at the Kyiv Film Institute, later transferring to the cinematography department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (L. Kosmatov's workshop), which he graduated from in 1939.

In 1940–1941, he was a cinematographer at the Ukrainian Film Chronicle Studio.

He participated in World War II and was a member of the group of frontline cinematographers of the Cent...