Semyon Shkolnikov

Semyon Shkolnikov

Born

January 14, 1918

Died

July 27, 2015 (97 years old)

Known For

Camera

Place of Birth

Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

Semyon Semyonovich Shkolnikov (Russian: Семён Семёнович Шко́льников; Estonian: Semjon Školnikov; January 14, 1918 – July 27, 2015) was a Soviet and later Estonian cinematographer, director, screenwriter, and front-line cameraman during the Great Patriotic War. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (1978), and was the laureate of three Stalin Prizes (1946, 1947, 1951), the Nika Award (2005), and the Guild of Cinematographers' White Square Prize (2005).