Vladimir Schneiderov

Vladimir Schneiderov (Владимир Адольфович Шнейдеров; 1900–1973) was a Soviet-era explorer and educational film director. A member of the CPSU since 1926, he was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1969.

He was targeted by the KGB for alleged anti-Soviet statements. The alleged documents against him were destroyed by the KGB member who recruited CIA agent Aldrich Ames in the 1980s.

Filmography

 * 1924 По Самарканд, (About Samarkand)
 * 1924 По Узбекистану (About Uzbekistan)
 * 1925 Великий перелёт
 * 1928 Подножие смерти
 * 1930 Эль-Йемен (Аl-Yemen) (About Yemen)
 * 1931 На высоте 4500
 * 1933 Два океана
 * 1934 Золотое озеро (fiction: U.S. title, The Golden Taiga)
 * 1935 Джульбарс (фильм)
 * 1937 Ущелье Аламасов (фильм)
 * 1938 Гайчи
 * 1946—1959 киносерия «Путешествия по СССР» (series: Travels in the USSR)
 * 1953 Происхождение жизни (Origins of life)
 * 1958 Под небом древних пустынь (фильм) (Under the ancient desert sky)
 * 1960 Чарльз Дарвин (Charles Darwin)
 * 1962 Жозеф Марти (Joseph Martin)

Awards

 * Order of Lenin
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labor
 * Order of the Red Star (14 April 1944)
 * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (6 January 1955)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (29 September 1969)