Lev Stefanovich Danilov (Russian: Лев Стефанович Данилов; 19 April 1926 — 22 September 1991[1]) was a Russian film director and screenwriter.

He was awarded the medal "For Courage" (1945), the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree (1985).

[1] Graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1951; workshop of Igor Savchenko).

He worked at the Far Eastern Television Studio, in 1956-1957 at the Odessa Film studio, where he directed the film "The Sailor Went Ashore [ru]" (1957; co-authored with Grigori Aronov).

Since 1958 he has been working at the Central Studio for Documentary Film in Moscow.