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name: "Fyodor Dobronravov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fyodor-dobronravov"
fi1m_id: "fyodor-dobronravov"
imdb_id: "nm0229809"
tmdb_id: 1257222
wikidata_id: "Q4163745"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 September 1921"
died: "1 December 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:51:09.109063+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Fyodor Dobronravov

## Identity

Fyodor Dobronravov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fyodor-dobronravov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fyodor-dobronravov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0229809
- **TMDB ID:** 1257222
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4163745
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4163745, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1257222

Cinematographer. Born 2 September 1921 in Ulan-Ude, Soviet Russia. Died 1 December 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 September 1921, Ulan-Ude, Soviet Russia
- **Died:** 1 December 2014
- **Also known as:** Fedor Dobronravov, F. Dobronravov, Федор Добронравов, Ф. Добронравов
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4163745, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1257222

## Biography

Fyodor Dobronravov was a Soviet cinematographer. Born on 2 September 1921 in Ulan-Ude (then Verkhneudinsk), he served in the Red Army during the Second World War before graduating from the cinematography faculty of VGIK in 1950. He subsequently worked at Mosfilm.

His credits include *The Elusive Avengers* (1966), *The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers* (1968), *Hot Snow* (1972) and *Dersu Uzala* (1975), the latter a Japanese-Soviet co-production directed by Akira Kurosawa on which he shared cinematography duties with Asakazu Nakai and Yuri Gantman. He was named an Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1973 and received the State Prize of the RSFSR in 1975.

Dobronravov emigrated to the United States in 1984 and died there on 1 December 2014.

*Sources: ru.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dersu Uzala* (1975), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/dersu-uzala.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sand-Glass* (1984), Director of Photography
- *O Sport, You Are Peace!* (1981), Camera Operator
- *An Ideal Husband* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Met By...* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Races Without a Finish* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Dersu Uzala* (1975), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/dersu-uzala.md)
- *The Hot Snow* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Messengers of Eternity* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Elusive Revengers* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Cook* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Three Sisters* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Young-Green* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Summer Vacations Time* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Koroghlu* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Wind* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Miles of Fire* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Behind Show Windows* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Grasshopper* (1955), Director of Photography

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