Naum Birman

Naum Borisovich Birman (; 1924—1989) was a Soviet director of theater and cinema, screenwriter.

Cavalier of the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986).

He worked as an actor and director in the Leningrad theaters, as director of the productions of Arkady Raikin.

He was buried at the Memorial Cemetery in Komarovo near Leningrad.

First wife Emilia Popova (1928—2001), actress of Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. Son Anatoly Popov, actor. Since the second marriage there is a son Boris (born 1966).

Filmography 1965 — Accident 1967 — Chronicles of a Dive Bomber 1970 — The Magic Power 1972 — A Teacher of Singing 1973 — I Serve On the Border 1975 — Step Forward 1978 — The Trace on the Earth 1979 — Three Men in a Boat 1980 — We Looked in the Death's Face 1983 — Black and White Magic 1985 — The Sunday Daddy 1986 — Sunday's Father 1989 — Cyrano de Bergerac