Yuri Shaygardanov

Yuri Shaygardanov
Юрий Шайгарданов
Born(1954-07-29)29 July 1954
Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died20 September 2025(2025-09-20) (aged 71)
Alma materGerasimov Institute of Cinematography
OccupationCinematographer
Notable work

Yuri Akhtyamovich Shaigardanov (Russian: Юрий Ахтямович Шайгарданов; 29 July 1954 – 20 September 2025) was a Russian cinematographer.

Life and career

Shaigardanov was born near Ufa on 29 July 1954. In 1971 he graduated from school No 14 in Saransk. He worked as an assistant cameraman and cameraman at the Mordovian Film Correspondent Station from the Kazan Newsreel Studio.[1] He studied under Vadim Yusov at the VGIK Faculty of Cinematography.[2]

In the late 1980s, he began working at Lenfilm.[2] He worked on a number of feature films, including Vagrant Bus (1990), Cynics (1991) and Women's Property (1999).[3]

In 1993, Shaigardanov was a founder of the Association of Russian Cinematographers.[2]

In 2025, he was awarded the "White Square" prize of the Guild of Cinematographers of Russia - "For Contribution to the Art of Cinematography".[4]

Shaygardanov died on 20 September 2025, at the age of 71.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Notes Ref
1988 Heart of a Dog [2]
1988 Whose Are You, Old People?
1990 Vagrant Bus
1991 Cynics
1998 Country of the Deaf [2]
1999 Women's Property
2003 Magnetic Storms [2]
2006 Kiss of a Butterfly
2011 Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman [6]
2019 A Frenchman [7]

References

  1. ^ "Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 28 декабря 2005 г. N 2328-р г. Москва". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 12 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Cinematographer Yuri Shaygardanov has died". en.iz.ru. 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Правда Севера". pravdasevera.ru. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Премию «Белый квадрат» получил оператор Максим Жуков за «Мастера и Маргариту»". www.mk.ru (in Russian). 29 April 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Ушел из жизни член Союза кинематографистов России, кинооператор Юрий Шайгарданов (29.07.1954–20.09.2025) — Союз кинематографистов Российской Федерации". unikino.ru. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Yuri Shaygardanov". European Film Academy. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  7. ^ "A Frenchman". International Film Festival Rotterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 September 2025.