Mikhail Krichman

Mikhail Krichman (Михаил Владимирович Кричман; born 1967) is a Russian cinematographer who received a Golden Osella award at the 67th Venice Film Festival for Silent Souls. He photographed all of Andrey Zvyagintsev's films, including The Return (2003), The Banishment (2007), Elena (2010) and Leviathan (2014). Zvyagintsev claims that Krichman (an engineer by profession) learned his craft by reading American Cinematographer.