Vladimir Makeranets
Vladimir Ilyich Makeranets (6 May 1947 – 20 February 2024) was a Soviet and Russian director of photography, producer and film director, Head of the Ural Department of the Russian Union of Filmmakers, and president of the Ural Guild of Cinematographers.
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Vladimir Makeranets

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- Name
- Vladimir Makeranets
- Born
- 6 May 1947
- Birthplace
- Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 20 February 2024
- Place of death
- Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia
- Occupation
- Director of photography, producer, film director, union leader.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Fields
- drama fiction
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation
- Languages
- Russian
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Vladimir Ilyich Makeranets (6 May 1947 – 20 February 2024) was a Soviet and Russian director of photography, producer and film director, Head of the Ural Department of the Russian Union of Filmmakers, and president of the Ural Guild of Cinematographers.
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Vladimir Makeranets (1947–2024) was a Russian and Soviet camera operator, cinematographer and film director. The camera operator was born and died in Yekaterinburg. Vladimir Makeranets studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Genres include drama fiction. Languages used include Russian. The camera operator received Honored art worker of the Russian Federation.
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• Name — Vladimir Makeranets • Born — 6 May 1947 • Birthplace — Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Died — 20 February 2024 • Place of death — Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia • Occupation — Director of photography, producer, film director, union leader.
Biography
Biography
Vladimir Makeranets was born in Sverdlovsk. He worked at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio from the time when he was 16, and graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1979. In 1980 he joined the Union of Filmmakers. As a director of photography, he worked on 56 films, including live action and documentary films. He directed five films. Makeranets died in Yekaterinburg on 20 February 2024, at the age of 76.
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Selected filmography
• 2007: The Golden Snake (Золотой полоз) — director, producer • 2001: Privet, malysh! (Привет, малыш!, lit. "Hi baby!") — director, screenwriter • 1995: Bench Tests (Стендовые испытания) — director of photography • 1993: You Exist... (Ты есть) — director • 1991: The Governor (Губернаторъ) — director • 1990: V polose priboja (В полосе прибоя, lit. "In the Surf Zone") — director of photography • 1989: My dear Siskin (Мой милый Чиж) — director • 1988: Serafima Glyukina's Daily Routine and Holidays (Будни и праздники Серафимы Глюкиной) — director of photography • 1986: Vremja svidanij (Время свиданий, lit. "Dating time") — director of photography • 1985: In the Shooting Wilderness (В стреляющей глуши) — director of photography • 1984: The Pavilion on the Links (Дом на дюнах, lit. "The House in the Dunes") — director of photography • 1983: Semyon Dezhnev (Семён Дежнёв) — director of photography • 1982: Those who Stay Alive (Тем, кто остаётся жить) — director of photography • 1980: On the Bank of a Big River (На берегу большой реки) — director of photography
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1947
Vladimir Makeranets born at Yekaterinburg.
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Vladimir Makeranets died at Yekaterinburg.
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