Yuri Veksler

Yuri Veksler
Юрий Векслер
Born
Yuri Abramovich Veksler

(1940-02-04)4 February 1940
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died29 September 1991(1991-09-29) (aged 51)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
OccupationsCinematographer, screenwriter
Years active1957–1991
SpouseSvetlana Kryuchkova (1975–1988)
AwardsUSSR State Prize (1985)

Yuri Abramovich Veksler (Russian: Юрий Абрамович Ве́кслер; 4 February 1940 – 29 September 1991) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer.

Biography

Veksler was born in Leningrad, where he survived its siege as a child. In 1957 he started work at the Lenfilm studio as a darkroom student where, under the guideship of cinematographer Dmitry Dolinin, he began his career as a cinematographer.

He died at his birthplace from a heart attack at the age of 51, and was buried at the Sestroretskoye Cemetery.

Filmography

Awards and honours

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