Vladimir Rapoport was born on November 6, 1907 in Vitebsk, Vitebsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for
No Greater Love (1943),
The Young Guard (1948) and
The Girl from Leningrad (1941). He died on June 17, 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].