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name: "Vladimir Chukhnov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vladimir-chukhnov"
fi1m_id: "vladimir-chukhnov"
imdb_id: "nm0161053"
tmdb_id: 1092912
wikidata_id: "Q61983080"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1946"
died: "1 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:10:58.668870+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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# Vladimir Chukhnov

## Identity

Vladimir Chukhnov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vladimir-chukhnov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vladimir-chukhnov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0161053
- **TMDB ID:** 1092912
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61983080
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61983080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1092912

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1946. Died 1 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1946
- **Died:** 1 January 1979
- **Also known as:** В. Чухнов, V. Chukhnov
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61983080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1092912

## Biography

Vladimir Chukhnov was a Soviet cinematographer. He is credited, alongside Pavel Lebeshev, with the cinematography of Larisa Shepitko’s *The Ascent* (1977), also known as *Voskhozhdeniye*.

Chukhnov died in July 1979 in a car accident that also killed Shepitko and other crew members while they were scouting locations for her next film.

*Sources: criterion.com, ru.wikipedia.org, ignacioaguilardop.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ascent* (1977), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ascent.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Farewell* (1983), Additional Director of Photography
- *A Glass of Water* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Ascent* (1977), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ascent.md)
- *On Thursday and Never Again* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Winner* (1976), Director of Photography
- *My Calling* (1976), Director of Photography
- *The Paradise Apples* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Flight Is Postponed* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Home for Serafim* (1973), Director of Photography
- *The Life of Nyurka* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Family Happiness* (1970), Camera Operator
- *Each Evening at Eleven* (1969), Camera Operator

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