Elem Klimov's birth name is Elem Germanovich Klimov.

Elem Klimov died on October 26, 2003, in Moscow, Russia of natural causes.

Elem Klimov was born on July 9, 1933, in Stalingrad, Nizhne-Volzhskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast, Russia].

Elem Klimov was a Russian film director. He was probably best known for the 1985 film, Come and See, set during the German occupation of Russia during the Second World War.

A. R. Romanenko has written:

'Elem Klimov and Larisa Shepitko' -- subject(s): Biography, Motion picture producers and directors, Women motion picture producers and directors