Semyon Aranovich was born on July 23, 1934 in Derazhnya, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Derazhnia, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Das Jahr des Hundes (1994), Ich war Stalins Leibwächter (1989) and Die Abenteuer des Ballonpiloten J.A. (1973). He died in 1995.
