Viktor Mykhailovych Ivanov (Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Іванов; 31 January [O.S. 13 February] 1909 – 18 June 1981) was a Ukrainian Soviet film director who is known as the creator of the comedy film Chasing Two Hares. He was referred to be a one in a million director by Alexander Dovzhenko, and Sergei Eisenstein personally brought him to his creative workshop. Additionally, he is a recipient the Order of the Red Star, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine and the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize.
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Early life and education
Born on 31 January [O.S. 13 February] 1909, in the Ukrainian city of Koziatyn. Ivanov was raised in a modest household. His mother, Tetiana Andriivna, was a homemaker, while the father, Mykhailo Spyrydonovych, worked as a military paramedic at the district hospital. His father died from cholera he caught in 1919 while tending to the ill, leaving his wife and their three children. At the age of 13, he began to work as a sender for the department of education in order to pay his bills. His mother remarries in 1923 and assists stepfather Mykhailo Zhydkomlinov чin raising her children.