Gordanov V.V. (1902-1983), film director

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GORDANOV Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich (1902, Tsarskoe Selo - 1983), cinematographer, Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1950. He left the Leningrad Technical School of Photography and Cinematography in 1928. Working together with director V. M. Petrov at Lenfilm Studio, he filmed Lenin's Address in 1929, Fritz Bauer in 1930, and Storm in 1934. In Peter the Great shot in 1937-39, the first part together with V. T. Yakovlev, Gordanov showed the dynamic birth of St. Petersburg and characteristic portraits of Peter the Great's associates and adversaries. Among other works, Masquerade of 1941 and Ivan Pavlov are the brightest. Gordanov was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1949.

Reference: Кинооператор Вячеслав Горданов. Л., 1973.

V. A. Kuznetsova. Gordanov Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich
Petrov Vladimir Mikhailovich
Yakovlev V.T.
Кинооператор Вячеслав Горданов. Л., 1973 Lenfilm, Film Studio