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Yuri Neyman

Yuri Neyman, A.S.C.
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Born USSR
Occupation Cinematographer, Educator, Inventor

Yuri Neyman, A.S.C. (American Society of Cinematographers) is a Russian-American cinematographer, educator and inventor.

Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, he graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) with honors in the art of cinematography and photographic engineering. After Film Institute he worked in the former Soviet Union as Director of Photography on many films. One of the last films made with Neyman, as Director of Photography was Mayakovsky Laughs, directed by classic Soviet director Sergei Yutkevich. Based on famous and controversial play of the late twenties, the film has been shown at the London Film Festival. “SIGHT & SOUND” magazine wrote about the film: “...At least it proves that Soviet cinema can still turn out genuinely experimental and (dreaded word) formalistic film, executed with great technical dexterity.”

Being involved in Mayakovsky Laughs and a few other film projects considered then by the Soviet Government as being “ideologically dangerous,” Yuri Neyman has been labeled as “anti-social realist” in camera work and was forced to emigrate as a political refugee from the USSR to the USA in 1978.

Neyman's first feature in USA was the critically acclaimed neo-noir Liquid Sky in 1982. The film garnered a positive critical response for Neyman's work as Director of Photography: “New York has never been photographed better in a movie.”. “Rarely, if ever has Manhattan been viewed so intensely”, ”A spectacular work of moving art”, ”The most beautiful science-fiction movie ever made”. After Liquid Sky, Neyman went on to make a few more films including the independent black-and-white Tom Goes To The Bar (“Golden Bear Award” at the Berlin Film Festival) and D.O.A..

In D.O.A. he proved again his talent as a cinematographer photographing re-makes of film noir classics. It was almost universally praised for its original look. There are just a few samples of the many reviews taken from major publications across the country: “Stunning camera work”, “High concept movie which crackles with 80’s imagination and technique”, “Yuri Neyman does extraordinary inventive and witty work.”


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