# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elem-klimov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:49:52.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elem-klimov"
name: "Elem Klimov"
slug: "elem-klimov"
description: "Elem Germanovich Klimov was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known for his final film, Come and See, which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during World War Two and which received universal acclaim. His work also includes black comedies, children's movies, and period dramas."
tagline: "Soviet film director (1933–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moscow_20200916_122131.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-07-09"
deathDate: "2003-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3944055944055945
  historical:           21.613224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0459552"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump