Shimon Volpert (Crew)

Soviet, Israeli stuntman and actor. In 1968-1973 - soloist of the folk dance ensemble "Palace of the Sailors" (Odessa). In 1975, he graduated from a choreographic school, receiving the education of a ballet dancer. In 1981 he graduated from the Kiev School of Variety and Circus Art. In 1977-1989 he worked at the Estrada Theater as a ballet dancer, stuntman, actor, teacher of plastic, stage movement and stage combat, then he worked at the Grotesque Theater at the Odessa Philharmonic. In 1987, he graduated from continuing education courses for senior cinema workers at VGIK (director of stunt and battle scenes). Stunt Semyon Grigoriev, one of the ten most sought-after specialists in the Soviet Union, emigrated to Israel (after repatriation - Shimon Volpert), created in this country in the early 1990s one of the most extraordinary stunt teams of the time. At the time of the creation of the stunt team...Read More