Yuri Klimenko
Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Климе́нко; born March 24, 1944, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer and photographer, laureate of State Prize (2000), a sixfold winner of the Nika Award (1999, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019).
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Yuri Klimenko
- Name
- Yuri Klimenko
- Birth Name
- Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko
- Born
- 24 March 1944
- Birthplace
- Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation · State Prize of the Russian Federation · Nika Award
- Languages
- Russian
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Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Климе́нко; born March 24, 1944, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer and photographer, laureate of State Prize (2000), a sixfold winner of the Nika Award (1999, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019).
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• Name — Yuri Klimenko • Birth Name — Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko • Born — 24 March 1944 • Birthplace — Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR • Occupation — cinematographer • Years Active — 1973–present
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• About Vitya, Masha and the Marines (1973, Mikhail Ptashuk) • Contraband (1974, Stanislav Govorukhin) • The Man is after Birds (1975, Ali Hamroyev) • The Bodyguard (1979, Ali Hamroyev) • Tears Were Falling (1982, Georgiy Daneliya) • A Simple Death (1985, Alexander Kaidanovsky) • The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985, Sergei Paradjanov) • Wild Pigeon (1986, Sergei Solovyov) • Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (1990, Sergei Solovyov) • Anna Karamazoff (1991, Rustam Khamdamov) • Three Sisters (1994, Sergei Solovyov) • His Wife's Diary (2000, Alexei Uchitel) • The Stroll (2003, Alexei Uchitel) • Dreaming of Space (2005, Alexei Uchitel) • Captive (2008, Alexei Uchitel) • The Edge (2010, Alexei Uchitel) • Break Loose (2013, Alexei Uchitel) • Mom Blog Grader (2014, Andrey Silkin) • Matilda (2017, Alexei Uchitel)
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Yuri Klimenko is recorded with the occupation camera operator. Recorded as camera operator, photographer and cinematographer.
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1944
Yuri Klimenko born at Dnipro.
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