Andrei Moskvin

Andrei Nikolayevich Moskvin (Russian Андрей Николаевич Москвин; born February 14, 1901 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, † February 28, 1961 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet cinematographer.

Life

Moskvin was next to Edward Tisse and Anatoli Golownja as the most important designer of images of early Soviet cinema film. Since early youth interested in film, Andrei Moskvin was in 1921 one of the founders of FEKS who sought to make " factory of the eccentric actor ", an avant-garde group of artists who break new ground in the performing arts. For FEKS he photographed experimental short films from 1925 were added to full-length feature films.

Above all, the director Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid team Trauberg appreciated the suggestive images Moskwins. His film history most important performance created Andrei Moskvin in the 40s, when he, along with Tisse, for the extensive photographic work to Sergei Eisenstein's monumental Tsar Biography Ivan the Terrible, Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 and Part 2, responsible recorded.

After the Second World War Moskvin was only occasionally behind the camera. Mostly he photographed pretentious film biographies. His last major work was the camera to Iossif Cheifiz ' acclaimed film adaptation of Chekhov's The Lady with the Dog. It was also Moskwins last completed film. Andrei Moskvin died in 1961 at the start of filming of Konsinzews adaptation of Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. This work was continued by his colleague Jonas Grizjus.

Filmography (selection)