Roman Sergeyevich Vasyanov, , (

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n: Роман Сергеевич Васьянов; born October 24, 1980, in

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Roman Vasyanov
, spiritawards.com, retrieved 14 November 2013.) is a Russian

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. He is best known for his collaborations with director

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and the Russian musical film ''

Stilyagi Stilyagi ( rus, стиляги, p=sʲtʲɪˈlʲæɡʲɪ, "stylish, style hunters") were members of a youth counterculture from the late 1940s until the early 1960s in the Soviet Union. A stilyaga ( rus, стиляга, p=sʲtʲɪˈlʲaɡə) w ...

,'' for which he was nominated for a Golden Eagle Award for Best Cinematography.

Life and career

Roman Vasyanov was born on October 24, 1980, in Moscow, in a

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family. As a child, he was engaged in photography with his father, who worked at the ZIL automobile plant. Made photos and videos as a freelancer for magazines and newspapers. Later, thanks to his father's friend M. D. Koroptsov, he got acquainted with the profession of a cameraman. In 1998 he entered VGIK (workshop of V. I. Yusov). At the XXIV International Film Festival VGIK received the prize for the best camera work in the film "Hide and Seek" (dir. V. Panov). While studying at VGIK, he worked as an assistant cameraman to Yu. Raisky on the set of the cult TV series Brigada. Graduated from VGIK in 2003. Filmed over 300 commercials for Philips, Puma, Budweiser, Dell, Pepsi and others. In 2008, he was cinematographer for

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's cult film ''

''. In 2012 he worked on

's police thriller ''

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'', which earned him a nomination as ''Best cinematographer'' at the

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. Afterwards Vasyanov worked on the movies ''

The Motel Life ''The Motel Life'' (2006) is the debut novel by musician and writer Willy Vlautin. It tells the story of two brothers from Reno, Nevada, whose lives are thrown into turmoil following a tragic accident. It was made into a movie starring Emile Hir ...

'' and '' The East''. Vasyanov again teamed up with Ayer for the

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film '' Fury'' and the comic book adaptation ''

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''. Vasyanov is a member of Russian Guild of Cinematographers, and

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since 2022.

Filmography

As director and writer * '' Hostel'' (2021)

Awards

* 2010 -

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- Best Cinematography (''Act of Nature'')

References

External links

Official website
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