Konstantin Apryatin

Konstantin Viktorovich Apryatin (July 31, 1937, Leningrad — 2002, Moscow) was a Soviet film director and cinematographer.

Biography

Konstantin Apryatin was born on July 31, 1937, in Leningrad. His family often moved due to his father's work. The summer of 1941 they spent in the Saratov Region.

During the war years, he was in a children's home. The family reunited afterwards.

He collaborated extensively with Konstantin Bromberg, directing three of his films, including The Adventures of Electronik.

Recognition and awards Konstantin Apryatin on the set of The Adventures of Electronik, 1978. Recipient of the State Prize of the USSR (1982 — for cinematography in the film The Adventures of Electronik).

The film Pirosmani, for which Apryatin served as the cinematographer, received the following awards:

1973: Sutherland Trophy at the British Institute of Film Arts awards ceremony.

1974: Azolo IFF - Prize for Best Biographical Film.

1974: Chicago IFF - Golden Hugo Prize (Grand Prix).

Filmography Apryatin (middle), Bromberg (left) on the set of The Adventures of Electronik, Odessa, 1978.

Source: Dashava-Kiev-Bryansk-Moscow, Bukhara-Western Siberia-Center, Druzhba pipeline. During the Soviet years, he was deprived of voting rights as an underage son, being dependent on his father who was deprived of rights and executed for counter-revolutionary activities.

Mother – Valentina Semenovna Apryatina (née Panina; January 20, 1911, Volgograd – August 24, 1986, Moscow), constructor.

Paternal grandfather – Konstantin Mikhailovich Apryatin, participated in World War I, in 1916 was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd degree, in the 1920s was a major trader. In 1928, he was deprived of voting rights, arrested, and exiled for engaging in trade and owning a store in Buynaksk. In 1928, he was arrested, and on January 14, 1929, by a decision of the OGPU Collegium, he was sentenced to execution for "counter-revolutionary activities" (Article 58/12 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR). All members of his family were deprived of voting rights.

Paternal grandmother – Olga Vasilyevna Apryatina (née Pokrovskaya), was deprived of voting rights in 1927.

Konstantin Apryatin is a distant relative of .