Timofey Lebeshev

Timofey Pavlovich Lebeshev (Russian: Тимофeй Павлович Лeбeшeв; February 20, 1905 — August 1, 1981^[1]) was a Soviet cinematographer. He became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1965^[2] and Honored Artist of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1976. Also awarded of the Medal For Labor Valor (1974).

Timofey Lebeshev
Born	(1905-02-20)February 20, 1905 Russian Empire
Died	August 1, 1981(1981-08-01) (aged 77) USSR
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1939-1979

In 1931, he graduated from the State College of Cinematography. He was director of the film studio Mostehfilm, then Mosfilm.

His son, Pavel Lebeshev, was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer.^[3]

Selected filmography

• 1936: Party Ticket (second operator)
• 1939: A Girl with a Temper
• 1943: Bir Ailə
• 1950: Cossacks of the Kuban (together with Valentin Pavlov)
• 1955: The Crash of the Emirate
• 1956: Early Joys
• 1957: An Unusual Summer
• 1960: Michman Panin
• 1961: The Girls
• 1963: Silence
• 1964: The Hockey Players
• 1968: The Shield and the Sword
• 1979: Adult Son