Aleksandr Vladimirovich Shelenkov (13 (26) December 1903 – 16 September 1996) was a Soviet cinematographer. He was awarded the titles of Honoured Artist of the Latvian SSR (1949) and Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1959). He was also a laureate of four State Stalin Prizes (1946, 1947, 1950, and 1951).
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Life
He was born in the village of Zamesh'e (now in the Smolensk Oblast) and in 1928 graduated from the cinematography department of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. From 1927 onwards he worked as an assistant cameraman at the Mezhrabpomfilm studio. From 1944 onwards he worked with his wife, cinematographer Yolanda Chen - they are both buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow.
Filmography
Early works
1928 — Salamander
1929 — Sailor Ivan Gallay
1929 — Two-Buldi-Two
1935 — Golden Lake
1936 — Dzhulbars
1937 — Alamas Gorge
1939 — High Reward
1940 — Salavat Yulayev
1941 — Patriot, part of Combat Film Collection No. 4
1941 — In the Rear of the Enemy
1943 — Lermontov (with Mark Magidson)
1944 — Zoya
Collaborations with Chen
1946 — The Great Glinka
1947 — The Legend of Neistov
1949 — Rainis
1950 — Far From Moscow
1953 — Admiral Ushakov; Attack from the Sea
1955 — Romeo and Juliet
1957 — A Lesson in History
1958 — The Communist
1960 — Five Days, Five Nights
1965 — The Secret of Success
1966 - Tunelul
1967 — Sofiya Perovskaya
1968 — War and Peace (scenes only)
1970 — Songs of the Sea
1971 — At Our Factory
1973 — There Lived Three Bachelors
1975 — Jarosław Dąbrowski
