Yuri Klimenko

Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Климе́нко; born March 24, 1944, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer and photographer, laureate of State Prize (2000),^[1] a sixfold winner of the Nika Award (1999, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019).^[2]

Yuri Klimenko
Born	Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko (1944-03-24) March 24, 1944 (age 81) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR
Occupation	cinematographer
Years active	1973–present

He worked with such directors as Stanislav Govorukhin, Georgiy Daneliya, Sergei Solovyov, Alexei Uchitel, Aleksei German Sr., Sergei Paradjanov.^[3]

Selected filmography

• About Vitya, Masha and the Marines (1973, Mikhail Ptashuk)
• Contraband (1974, Stanislav Govorukhin)
• The Man is after Birds (1975, Ali Hamroyev)
• The Bodyguard (1979, Ali Hamroyev)
• Tears Were Falling (1982, Georgiy Daneliya)
• A Simple Death (1985, Alexander Kaidanovsky)
• The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985, Sergei Paradjanov)
• Wild Pigeon (1986, Sergei Solovyov)
• Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (1990, Sergei Solovyov)
• Anna Karamazoff (1991, Rustam Khamdamov)
• Three Sisters (1994, Sergei Solovyov)
• His Wife's Diary (2000, Alexei Uchitel)
• The Stroll (2003, Alexei Uchitel)
• Dreaming of Space (2005, Alexei Uchitel)
• Captive (2008, Alexei Uchitel)
• The Edge (2010, Alexei Uchitel)
• Break Loose (2013, Alexei Uchitel)
• Mom Blog Grader (2014, Andrey Silkin)
• Matilda (2017, Alexei Uchitel)