Yuri Shaygardanov

Yuri Akhtyamovich Shaigardanov was a Russian cinematographer.

Life and career

Shaigardanov was born near Ufa on 29 July 1954. In 1971 he graduated from school No 14 in Saransk. He worked as an assistant cameraman and cameraman at the Mordovian Film Correspondent Station from the Kazan Newsreel Studio. He studied under Vadim Yusov at the VGIK Faculty of Cinematography.
In the late 1980s, he began working at Lenfilm. He worked on a number of feature films, including Vagrant Bus, Cynics and Women's Property.
In 1993, Shaigardanov was a founder of the Association of Russian Cinematographers.
In 2025, he was awarded the "White Square" prize of the Guild of Cinematographers of Russia - "For Contribution to the Art of Cinematography".
Shaygardanov died on 20 September 2025, at the age of 71.