Alexander Mitta

Alexander Mitta, born Aleksandr Naumovich Rabinovich on March 28, 1933, in Moscow, was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor, and caricaturist. He worked primarily within the socialist realism genre and was active in the film industry from 1960 until 2016. Mitta was a member of the Association of Filmmakers of the USSR and participated in Documenta 6. He held citizenship in both the Soviet Union and Russia.

He was educated at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His professional roles included employment at the Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. Mitta received several honors, including the Lenin Komsomol Prize, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, the title of Honored Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. He died in Moscow on July 14, 2025.