Semyon Solomonovich Mandel

Place: Russia

Born: 1907

Death: 1974

Biography:

Semyon Solomonovich Mandel was a prominent Soviet/Russian theatre and film production designer and art director. He worked extensively as a scenic and costume designer for stage, film, musical theatres, city festivals, Music-Halls, circus shows and other reforming arts venues in Moscow, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and Kiev, Ukraine. Mandel designed costumes for famous actors such as Arkadii Raikin, Leonid Utyosov, Klavdia Shulzhenko, Eddy Pozner. He was the creator of the first signature costumes for the worldwide famous dance troupe “Beryozka”. During his 50-year creative career, Mandel designed 39 films (scenery and costumes) and more than 250 theatre productions and musicals.