Margarita Pilikhina
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-06-30
Day of Death
1975-03-13 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR
Margarita Pilikhina
Biography
Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina (Russian: Маргарита Михайловна Пилихина; 30 June 1926, Moscow – 13 March 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer and pedagogue. She became an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR in 1965.
She was born in Moscow. Her great-uncle was Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974), Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In 1950, she graduated from the camera department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), the workshop of Boris Volchek). Since graduation, she was a lecturer at VGIK and since 1970 was an associate professor at the institute.
Pilikhina was director of photography at M. Gorky Film Studio beginning in 1956. Nine years later she became the director of photography at the film studio "Mosfilm". Also in 1965, she lensed the Marlen Khutsiev classic I Am Twenty, which remains her best known work. In 1977, she published the book I Am a Cameraman.
She was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) since 1956. She was a member of the Board Union of Cinematographers of the USSR since 1965, then she was Secretary of the Board, Head of the Creative Section of Cameramen.
She was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
Known For
Crew
(1975)
Anna Karenina
Director
(1970)
Tchaikovsky
Director of Photography
(1966)
The Stars of the Day
Director of Photography
(1965)
I Am Twenty
Director of Photography
(1961)
Carrot Head
Director of Photography
(1959)
The Man from Planet Earth
Director of Photography
(1959)
Foma Gordeyev
Director of Photography
(1957)
Two Boys from the Same District
Director of Photography
(1957)
Night Guard
Director of Photography
(1956)
For the Power of the Soviets
Director of Photography
(1953)
Mysterious Find
Camera Operator