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Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Эле́м Ге́рманович Кли́мов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director. He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Belarus during the German-Soviet War and is often considered one of the greatest war films ever made. He also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.
Elem Klimov was a Soviet Russian filmmaker trained at VGIK who led the Union of Soviet Filmmakers and created celebrated dramatic and satirical motion pictures.
He is widely known for directing the devastating anti-war drama Come and See and the satirical comedy Welcome, or No Trespassing.
He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and served as the First Secretary of the Union of Soviet Filmmakers.