Mikhail Shapiro was born on April 2, 1908 in Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Katerina Izmailova (1967),
Slippers (1945) and
Kain XVIII (1963). He died on October 26, 1971 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].