Iosif Shpinel was born on October 7, 1892 in Belaya Tserkov, Vasilkov uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bila Tserkva, Bilotserkivskyi Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a production designer and art director, known for
Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950),
Alexander Nevsky (1938) and
Doroga (1955). He died on July 2, 1980 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].