Aleksandr Shelenkov

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Shelenkov (13 (26) December 1903 – 16 September 1996) was a Soviet cinematographer. He was awarded the titles of Honoured Artist of the Latvian SSR and Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1959). He was also a laureate of four State Stalin Prizes (1946, 1947, 1950, and 1951).

Life He was born in the village of Zamesh'e (now in the Smolensk Oblast) and in 1928 graduated from the cinematography department of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. From 1927 onwards he worked as an assistant cameraman at the Mezhrabpomfilm studio. From 1944 onwards he worked with his wife, cinematographer Yolanda Chen - they are both buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography Early works 1928 — Salamander 1929 — Sailor Ivan Gallay 1929 — Two-Buldi-Two 1935 — Golden Lake 1936 — Dzhulbars 1937 — Alamas Gorge 1939 — High Reward 1940 — Salavat Yulayev 1941 — Patriot, part of Combat Film Collection No. 4 1941 — In the Rear of the Enemy 1943 — Lermontov (with Mark Magidson) 1944 — Zoya

Collaborations with Chen 1946 — The Great Glinka 1947 — The Legend of Neistov 1949 — Rainis 1950 — Far From Moscow 1953 — Admiral Ushakov; Attack from the Sea 1955 — Romeo and Juliet 1957 — A Lesson in History 1958 — The Communist 1960 — Five Days, Five Nights 1965 — The Secret of Success 1966 - Tunelul 1967 — Sofiya Perovskaya 1968 — War and Peace (scenes only) 1970 — Songs of the Sea 1971 — At Our Factory 1973 — There Lived Three Bachelors 1975 — Jarosław Dąbrowski