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Anatoli Golovnya

1900 – 1982

Soviet cameraman

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About Anatoli Golovnya

Lived 1900 – 1982 (aged 82). Anatoli Golovnya was a Russian camera operator, cinematographer, screenwriter and pedagogue.

Anatoli Dmitrievich Golovnya (; 20 January 1900, Simferopol – 25 June 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet cinematographer, renowned for his work with Vsevolod Pudovkin (with whom he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1951). In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. He was a professor at Moscow's renowned Institute of Cinema (VGIK). One of his students at VGIK was Mikhail Vartanov.

Selected filmography Chess Fever (1925) Mother (1925) The Bricks (1925) Mechanics of the Brain (1926) Man from the Restaurant (1927) The End of St. Petersburg (1927) Storm Over Asia (1928) The Living Corpse (1929) The Deserter (1933) Victory (1938) Minin and Pozharsky (1939) Suvorov (1941) Elusive Ian (1942) Admiral Nakhimov (1946) Zhukovsky (1950)

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Important facts

Born
20 January 1900, Simferopol
Birth century
19th century
Died
26 June 1982, Moscow
Occupation
Camera operator, cinematographer, screenwriter, pedagogue
Nationality
Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Education
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Employers
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Awards
Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Order of the October Revolution; State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
Also known as
Anatoli Dmitrievich Golovnya, A. D. Golovnya

People in Anatoli Golovnya's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
1893 – 1953
Actor
 Portrait of Mikhail Vartanov
Mikhail Vartanov
1937 – 2009
Film director

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Anatoli Golovnya's

Portrait of August Gutzmer
August Gutzmer
1860 – 1924
Mathematician
 Portrait of D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
1860 – 1948
Mathematician
 Portrait of Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven
1860 – 1927
Inventor
 Portrait of Andrew Lawson
Andrew Lawson
1861 – 1952
Geologist
 Portrait of Edwin Alderman
Edwin Alderman
1861 – 1931
Teacher
 Portrait of Emil Wiechert
Emil Wiechert
1861 – 1928
Physicist

Frequently asked questions

Who was Anatoli Golovnya?

Soviet cameraman (1900-1982)

When was Anatoli Golovnya born?

Anatoli Golovnya was born on 20 January 1900 in Simferopol.

When did Anatoli Golovnya die?

Anatoli Golovnya died on 26 June 1982 in Moscow.

What was Anatoli Golovnya's occupation?

Anatoli Golovnya was a camera operator, cinematographer, screenwriter and pedagogue.

What nationality was Anatoli Golovnya?

Anatoli Golovnya was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anatoli Golovnya

· Wikidata: Q487671

· DBpedia: Anatoli Golovnya

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