Vladimir Ilyich Makeranets (russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Макера́нец; 6 May 1947 – 20 February 2024) was a Soviet and Russian

director of photography The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

, producer and film director, Head of the Ural Department of the Russian Union of Filmmakers, and president of the Ural Guild of Cinematographers.

Biography

Vladimir Makeranets was born in Sverdlovsk. He worked at the

Sverdlovsk Film Studio Sverdlovsk Film Studio (russian: Свердловская Киностудия) is a Russian film studio based in Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk). It is a regional studio, that was established on 9 February 1943 in the midst of World War II. ...

from the time when he was 16, and graduated from the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

in 1979. In 1980 he joined the Union of Filmmakers. As a director of photography, he worked on 56 films, including

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and

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s. He directed five films. Makeranets died in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

on 20 February 2024, at the age of 76.«Работал на киностудии с 16 лет»: советский режиссёр Владимир Макеранец скончался на 76 году жизни

Selected filmography

*2007: ''

The Golden Snake ''The Golden Snake'' ( rus, Золотой полоз, Zolotoy poloz) is a 2007 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Makeranets. It is an loose adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story " The Great Snake" based on the Ural region Russian folkl ...

'' (Золотой полоз) — director, producer *2001: ''Privet, malysh!'' (Привет, малыш!, lit. "Hi baby!") — director, screenwriter *1995: ''Stendovye ispytanija'' (Стендовые испытания) — director of photography *1993: '' You Exist...'' (Ты есть) — director *1991: ''Gubernator'' (Губернаторъ) — director *1990: ''V polose priboja'' (В полосе прибоя, lit. "In the surf zone") — director of photography *1989: ''Moj milyj Chizh'' (Мой милый Чиж) — director *1988: ''Budni i prazdniki Serafimy Gljukinoj'' (Будни и праздники Серафимы Глюкиной) — director of photography *1986: ''Vremja svidanij '' (Время свиданий, lit. "Dating time") — director of photography *1985: ''V streljajushhej glushi'' (В стреляющей глуши) — director of photography *1984: ''Dom na djunah'' (Дом на дюнах, lit. "The house in the dunes") — director of photography *1983: ''

Semyon Dezhnev Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnyov ( rus, Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪˈʐnʲɵf; sometimes spelled Dezhnyov; c. 1605 – 1673) was a Russian explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through t ...

'' (Семён Дежнёв) — director of photography *1982: ''Tem, kto ostaetsja zhit'' (Тем, кто остается жить) — director of photography *1980: ''Na beregu bolshoj reki'' (На берегу большой реки) — director of photography

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