Yevgeni Andrikanis
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andrikanis (27 December 1909 – 19 December 1993) was a Soviet cameraman, director and screenwriter. He was also known as a front-line cameraman during the Great Patriotic War. Andrikanis received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1982 and Lenin Prize in 1978.
Also recorded as Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis
Yevgeni Andrikanis
- Born
- 1909. · Paris.
- Died
- 1993. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- camera operator, film director, film screenwriter and documentarian.
- Fields
- film and documentary film.
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
- Honours
- Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Lenin Prize.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andrikanis (27 December 1909 – 19 December 1993) was a Soviet cameraman, director and screenwriter. He was also known as a front-line cameraman during the Great Patriotic War. Andrikanis received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1982 and Lenin Prize in 1978.
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Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
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Died In · outgoing
Moscow
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Awarded · outgoing
Order of the Badge of Honour
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Awarded · outgoing
Order of the Patriotic War
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Born In · outgoing
Paris
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Russian Empire
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Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
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Soviet Union
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Biography
Biography
Andrikanis was born in Paris into a family of Russian immigrants. His father, Nikolai Adamovich Andrikanis, was a lawyer, and his mother, Yekaterina Pavlovna Schmidt, was a relative of Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt. Andrikanis received secondary education in Moscow, where his family moved back to in 1916. Upon graduating from school in 1928, he worked at the Sovkino filming studio as an assistant to cameraman. Simultaneously, he studied at the cameraman's department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. He graduated from the university in 1932 and spent a year in the Red Army. Andrikanis began to work at the Mosfilm studio in 1933. He took part in filming Dreamers (1934 film) (1934), Cosmic Voyage (1936) and The Generation of Winners (1936). His first major work as a cinematographer was Mashenka released n 1942. In 1942–1944, he worked as a front-line cameraman on the Voronezh Front and Normandy. Andrikanis became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1968. He was also a member of the USSR Union of Journalists and USSR Union of Cinematographers. Andrikanis died in Moscow, eight days before his 84th birthday. He is buried in the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Personal life
Personal life
Andrikanis was married twice. His daughter from the first marriage, Tatyana Lavrova, was an actress. He had another daughter from his second marriage with Galina Nikolaevna Zakharova.
Cinematographer
Cinematographer
• 1937 - Gavrosh (1937 film) • 1938 - Peat-Bog Soldiers [Russian: Bolotnye soldaty] • 1941 - First cavalry (1941 film) [Russian: Pervaya konnaya] • 1944 - Days and Nights [Russian: Dni i nochi] • 1944 - The Moscow Sky [Russian: Nebo Moskvy] • 1948 - Three Encounters [Russian: Tri vstrechi] • 1951 - Przhevalsky • 1953 - The Great Warrior Skanderbeg [Russian: Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg] • 1955 - Othello • 1957 - Stories About Lenin [Russian: Rasskazy o Lenine], Pardesi
Director
Director
• 1960 - Northern Story [Russian: Severnaya povest] • 1965 - Killed at Dawn [Russian: Kazneny na rassvete]
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis. His recorded language was Russian. He was the child of Nikolay Andrikanis and Ekaterina Shmit. He married Galina Pyshkova and Galina Nikolayevna Zakharova. One child is recorded: Tatyana Lavrova.
Identity
Identity
Yevgeni Andrikanis is recorded with the occupation film screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation camera operator. Recorded as having received Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1909
Yevgeni Andrikanis was born on 27 December 1909.
1993
Yevgeni Andrikanis died on 19 December 1993.
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Paris.
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Moscow.
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Yevgeni Andrikanis received Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Lenin Prize.
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- 1.Yevgeni Andrikanis Cinematographer, Director, Writer. IMDb.
- 2.Цветков, Сергей. Исторический калейдоскоп. Litres. 2022-05-15. 978-5-04-375916-0.
- 3.Narochitskiy, Aleksey. Москва--энциклопедия. 107. 1980.
- 4.Юткевич, Сергей. Кино: энциклопедический словарь. Советская энциклопедия. 24. 1986.
- 5.Евгений АНДРИКАНИС. Музей ЦСДФ.
- 6.Андреевский мост, Андриканис — Энциклопедия «Москва» 1980. mos80.com.
- 7.V pomosch' mestnomy radioveshchaniyu. 13. 1974.
- 8.Татьяна Лаврова.
- 9.Евгений Андриканис. www.kinopoisk.ru.
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