Eduard Rozovsky

{{Short description|Soviet cinematographer and cameraman}} {{family name hatnote|Aleksanrovich|Rozovsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

'''Eduard Aleksanrovich Rozovsky''' ({{langx|ru|Эдуард Александрович Розовский}}; 14 December 1926 – 26 July 2011) was a Soviet cinematographer and cameraman, whose film credits include ''Amphibian Man'' and ''White Sun of the Desert''.<ref name=itar>{{cite news|title=Legendary cameraman Eduard Rozovsky died in road accident |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/193305.html |work=ITAR-TASS |date=2011-07-27|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref>

Rozovsky was an alumna of Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK),<ref name=itar/> which is now called the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His father was Alexander Evseevich Rozovsky, and his mother was Nonna (Anna) Naumovna (née Poliak).He began his career at the Lennauchfilm film studio, where he started as a cameraman.<ref name=itar/> He then joined Lenfilm studio, where he worked as a cinematographer.<ref name=itar/>

Rozovsky is credited as the cinematographer on more than eighty films, spanning several decades.<ref name=itar/> His best known films include ''White Sun of the Desert'', ''Amphibian Man'', ''The Seventh Companion'', ''Kain XVIII'', and ''Chief of Chukotka''.<ref name=itar/> He later became the film department chairman at the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television.<ref name=itar/> He was named People's Artist of Russia in 1997 for his work.

Rozovsky died in a car accident when he lost control of his Opel Astra while driving on the highway from the city of St. Petersburg to his country home in Priozersk.<ref name=itar/> It is unknown if he died from the car accident or his heart stopping. He was 84 years old.<ref name=itar/>

==Selected Cinematography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Film name !! Year |- | Iriston's Son || 1959 |- | Amphibian Man || 1961 |- | Cain XVIII || 1963 |- | Friends and Years || 1965 |- | Chief of Chukotka || 1966 |- | The Seventh Companion || 1967 |- | White Sun of the Desert || 1969 |- | Tsarevich Prosha || 1974 |- | How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder || 1977 |- | Wrong Connection || 1977 |- | My Father Is an Idealist || 1980 |- | The Donkey's Hide || 1982 |- | Highway || 1982 |- | And Then Came Bumbo... || 1984 |- | The Tale about the Painter in Love || 1987 |- | White Nights || 1992 |}

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