Vadim Ivanovich Yusov (, 20 April 1929 – 23 August 2013) was a

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and

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cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

and professor at the

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. He was known for his collaborations with

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on '' The Steamroller and the Violin'', '' Ivan's Childhood'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and with

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolozis dze Daneliya, Romanization of Georgian, : (25 August 19304 April 2019) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989 and a laureate of the State Prize of the Russi ...

on '' Walking the Streets of Moscow'', '' Don't Grieve'', '' Hopelessly Lost'' and ''

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''. He won a number of

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s and Golden Osella for Ivan Dykhovichny's '' The Black Monk'' at the Venice International Film Festival in 1988. He was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival and the 45th Berlin International Film Festival in 1995.

Filmography

Cinematographer *'' The Steamroller and the Violin'' (1960); directed by

*'' Ivan's Childhood'' (1962); directed by Andrei Tarkovsky *'' Walking the Streets of Moscow'' (1963); directed by

*''

'' (1966); directed by Andrei Tarkovsky *'' Don't Grieve'' (1969); directed by Georgiy Daneliya *''

'' (1972); directed by Andrei Tarkovsky *'' Hopelessly Lost'' (1973); directed by Georgiy Daneliya *'' They Fought for Their Country'' (1975); directed by

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...

*'' Yuliya Vrevskaya'' (1977); directed by Nikola Korabov *'' Red Bells'' (1982); directed by Sergei Bondarchuk *'' Red Bells II'' (1983); directed by Sergei Bondarchuk *'' Boris Godunov'' (1986); directed by Sergei Bondarchuk *'' The Black Monk'' (1988); directed by Ivan Dykhovichny *''

'' (1990); directed by Georgiy Daneliya *'' Anna: 6 - 18'' (1993); directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker and actor. He made his directorial debut with the Red Western film ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974) after appearing in a series of films, including the romantic com ...

*'' Out of the Present'' (1995); directed by Andrei Ujică *'' The Kopeck'' (2002); directed by Ivan Dykhovichny *''

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'' (2010); directed by Andrei Proshkin Screenwriter * '' A Very English Murder'' (1974); directed by

Samson Samsonov Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Insti ...

(together with Edgar Smirnov)

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Профессия моя мне не надоела
1929 births 2013 deaths People from Vologda Oblast Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Lenin Prize Recipients of the Nika Award Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR Russian cinematographers Soviet cinematographers Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{Cinematographer-stub