Mikhail Agranovich (cinematographer)

Agranovich teaches at VGIK. He directs the workshop at the camera faculty. Since 2015, he has been head of the department of camera skills in VGIK.

In 2011, Agranovich was the chairman of the jury at the festival Window to Europe  [ru] in Vyborg.

In 2000 he directed Come Look at Me, together with Oleg Yankovsky.

He has credits on more than thirty films, and has worked with leading names in Soviet cinema such as Mikhail Schweitzer, Tengiz Abuladze and Gleb Panfilov. In 1995 he made the film Za co? with the Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Mikhail Agranovich has repeatedly been awarded professional prizes and awards; his films Repentance and Mother received special prizes of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.

His third marriage, to the director and documentary screenwriter Alla Agranovich, produced a daughter Maria (born 1989). In 2010, Maria graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK. In 2011, her debut film No problem won the prize for young filmmakers at the contest Kinotavr Short Meter.

Agranovich's first marriage was to Emilia Kulik, the announcer of the All-Union Radio. They had a son, Alexey, born in 1970, who is also now a director.

Mikhail Leonidovich Agranovich (Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Аграно́вич; born 1946) is a Soviet and Russian cinematographer, director and teacher. He became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1987).

Mikhail Agranovich was born on September 8, 1946, in Moscow. His father, Leonid Agranovich, was also a director. Mikhail Agranovich graduated from VGIK in 1970, the workshop of Alexander Halperin. Since 1975, he has worked at the Mosfilm studio as an operator.