Semyon Iosifovich Derevyanskiy was a Soviet feature and documentary film director. He was born in Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslav guberniya, Russian Empire. He graduated from the Commercial School. From 1926 to 1927, he studied acting with I.Z. Trauberg and G.M. Kozintsev at the FEKS studio in Leningrad. He worked at the Leningrad factories Trudkino, Rosfilm, Lensoyuzkino (later Lenfilm), first as an assistant director: Rest on End (1929), Woman in the Forest (1930), then as an assistant director: In This World (1931), Seeking Protection (1932), Moonstone (1935), Deputy of the Baltic, Son of Mongolia (1936), The Year Nineteen (1937), Courage, Tankers (1939), acted in episodic roles. Later he worked as a second director. Director-producer of two feature films (in co-authorship), as well as documentaries.
movieNew Attraction Today
1966 · Second Unit Director
movieWhen the Bridges Are Raised
1963 · Assistant Director
movieThe Very First
1962 · Assistant Director
movieI Love You, Life
1961 · Assistant Director
movieLady with the Dog
1960 · Assistant Director
movieMy Dear Fellow
1958 · Assistant Director
movieThe Fires of Baku
1958 · Co-Director
movieShe Loves You
1956 · Director
movieThe Rumyantsev Case
1956 · Second Unit Director
movieUnfinished Story
1955 · Co-Director
movieA Big Family
1954 · Assistant Director
movieZhambyl
1953 · , Assistant Director
movieDinner Party
1953 · , Assistant Director
movieThe Precious Seed
1948 · Assistant Director
movieCenter Forward
1946 · , Director
movieThe Last Hill
1944 · Assistant Director
movieHis Name Is Sukhe-Bator
1942 · Co-Director
movieWings of Victory
1941 · Second Unit Director
movieCourage
1939 · Assistant Director
movieRed Tanks
1939 · Assistant Director
movieBaltic Deputy
1937 · Assistant Director
movieMoonstone
1935 · Assistant Director