Evgeny Efimov is a front-line, Soviet cameraman and documentary film director. Filmed by him films were included in the documentary film "Majdanek - the cemetery of Europe", which tells about the death camp in Poland. After the war, he shot stories for film magazines: Zheleznodorozhnik, Soyuzkinozhurnal, News of the Day, Pioneer, Soviet Sport. Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR.
Biography of Eugene Efimov
Evgeny Ivanovich Efimov was born in the Moscow region on February 18, 1908.
In 1926, Evgeny Efimov was educated at the Moscow Industrial and Economic Polytechnic and the school-studio of film actors (established in 1918) named after B.V. Tchaikovsky.
In 1926 - 1927 - worked as a laboratory assistant, assistant operator of the film factory "Gosvoenkino".
Since 1927 - Eugene Efimov Ass. operator, operator of the 3rd factory "Sovkino".
In 1929 - 1930 - in the Red Army.
In 1931 - 1936 - at the movie factory "Mezhrabpomfilm".
Since 1936 - at the Moscow (then Central) newsreel studio.
Pre-war filmography
- 1927 - Three steps; operator
- 1929 - Kara-Dag (Pearl of the Eastern Crimea); dir: A. Jardinier; Operators: E. Efimov, Yu. Serebryakov
- 1931 - On an ice floe in the ocean (Babi catch); operator
- 1932 - Friends of conscience (The Burning Ruhr; Uprising at the Ruhr); ass. the operator
- 1933 - Way to the North (a film about the development of the North, says Academician A.E. Fersman); Production: Inter-film; dir: S. Komarov; operator: S. Gevorgyan; 2nd operator
- 1933 - Torn shoes; game; ass. the operator
- 1934 - Nastya Ustinova; game; ass. the operator
- 1936 - Grunya Kornakova (Nightingale-Nightingale); game; the first Soviet full-length color film; Production: Mezhrabpomfilm; director: Nikolay Ekk; Operators: Fedor Provorov, Georgy Reisgof; ass. Operator: Evgeny Efimov, Vladimir Pridorogin
- 1936 - Impact on impact (new. Ed. 1937); dir: I. Poselsky, I. Venzher; operator in collaboration with other operators
- 1937 - Over the Arctic (the film tells about the transarctic flight on the ANT-4 plane "USSR N-120" on the route Moscow - Uelen - Moscow); dir: F. Kiselev; operator
- 1938 - Pilots (a film about the flight school of the Air Force of the Red Army); dir: L. Varlamov; operator
- 1938 - If there is war tomorrow (a propaganda feature film; the basis of the film on the readiness of the Red Army to repulse the enemy - documentary shots taken during maneuvers); operator: Evgeny Efimov ("Soyuzkinochronika")
- 1938 - Victory (the happiest); game; ass. the operator
- 1939 - Public utilities in Moscow; dir: I. Zhukov, G. Kumyalsky; Operators: V. Yeshurin, E. Efimov
- 1939 - Kazakhstan (opening of the pavilion of Kazakhstan at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition); dir: Z. Tulubiev; operator
- 1939 - Stakhanovites repairing the combine (the Oskin brothers, who for the first time in 1938 used the high-speed method of repairing combines, repair combines in the workshops of the Ural-Ilek MTS); dir: G. Kumyalsky; dir.: operator
- 1939 — Utilities in Moscow; dir: I. Zhukov, G. Kumyalsky; Operators: V. Yeshurin, E. Efimov
- 1939 - Towards the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition; dir: G. Kumyalsky; Operators: E. Efimov, I. Tolchan
- 1940 - Patriots; dir: G. Satarova; operator
- 1940 - Stakhanovtsy combine repair; dir: G. Kumyalsky; operator
Front-line cameraman during the Great Patriotic War
At the front, Evgeny Efimov since July 1941. He worked in tandem with cameraman Nikolai Lytkin. Since July 1941 - Evgeny Efimov - operator of film groups of the North-West and Leningrad Fronts. Since May 1942 - an operator of film groups of the Kalinin, 2nd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. September 1943 - February 1944 - Evgeny Efimov cameraman of the film group Steppe Front.
In 1944, Eugene Efimov was seconded to the Polish Army. He made a great contribution when shooting the battles for the liberation of Tikhvin, Kharkov, Warsaw, Berlin. The films he shot were included in the documentary "Majdanek - the Cemetery of Europe" (1944; dir: Jerzy Bossak, Alexander Ford; Production: State Association "Film Polski").
Selected post-war filmography of Yevgeny Efimov
In July 1945 - June 1972 - Evgeny Efimov cameraman, director of the Central Documentary Film Studio (TSSDF).
- 1945 - Arrival of the Provisional Polish Government in Warsaw (film chronicles)
- 1946 - 25th anniversary of the Mongolian People's Republic (chronicle)
- 1948 - Democratic Hungary; full-length; dir: L. Stepanova; Operators: S. Semenov, E. Efimov (Stalin Prize)
- 1949 - Day of the Air Fleet of the USSR; full-length; S. Gurov, V. Boykov; Operators: G. Giber, E. Efimov, A. Kazakov, B. Makaseev
- 1950 - Soviet Kyrgyzstan; full-length; dir: I. Poselsky; Operators: E. Efimov, L. Kotlyarenko, P. Opryshko, M. Prudnikov
- 1951 - May 1, 1951; full-length; dir: I. Kopalin, V. Belyaev; Operators: V. Mikosha, Yu. Monglovsky, E. Efimov
- 1952 - Volga-Don (construction of the Volga-Don Canal of the Tsimlyansk Hydroelectric Power Station); dir: F. Kiselev; Operators: B. Nobelitsky, E. Efimov
- 1953 - Friendly meetings; full-length; dir: F. Kiselev; Operators: G. Epifanov, E. Efimov
- 1954 - A.P. Chekhov; full-length; dir: S. Bubrick; operator E. Efimov
- 1955 - In a wonderful city (the film tells about the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition); Director: I. Kopalin; Operators: I. Gutman, E. Efimov
- 1956 - Dostoevsky; dir: S. Bubrick; operator
- 1957 - Lenin lived here; full-length; dir: S. Bubrick; operator
- 1958 - USSR for cooperation between peoples; full-length: S. Repnikov; Operators: E. Efimov, A. Listvin
- 1959 - Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Moscow; dir: S. Repnikov; Operators: E. Efimov, A. Khavchin
- 1958 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya; dir: S. Bubrick; operator
- 1960 - Painting of Great Britain; dir.: Z. Fomina; operator
- 1961 - Above the highest mountains (film about Afghanistan); full-length; dir.: F. Kiselev; Operators: E. Efimov, A. Levitan
- 1962 - The Secret of Stradivarius; director of photography
- 1963 - We leave to the sea; director-operator together with A. Levitan
- 1964 - The Name of Voitovich (film about the Moscow Car Repair Plant named after Voitovich); dir: V. Sofronova; operator
- 1965 - At the largest stadium; director of photography
- 1967 - Wind of the Century; dir: F. Kiselev; operator
- 1968 - Sclerosis of conscience; full-length; dir: A. Medvedkin
- 1969 - Letter to a Chinese friend; dir: A. Medvedkin; operator
- 1970 - Front-line soldiers, put on orders; dir: A. Zenyakin; operator
- 1970 - The Great Plan; dir: R. Stepanova; operator
- 1971 - Near Moscow in Mytishchi (the film tells about the Mytishchi plant "Stroyplastmass", its past and present day of the plant, equipped with the latest equipment); dir: S. Kiselev; operator E. Efimov
Operator Awards and Prizes
- Order of the Badge of Honor (06/17/1937) - for a flight on an N-120 airplane on the route Moscow - Cape Chelyuskin.
- Member of the USSR IC since 1957.
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1968).
- Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1949) for the film "Democratic Hungary" (1948).
