Biography

Andrey Naydenov is a Russian Director of Photography. He was born in 1977 in the family of cinematographer Aleksey Naydyonov.

From his youngest years Andrey spent a lot of time on the film sets of his father. Upon graduation from high school in 1994, he got into the cinematography department of VGIK and studied under Vadim Yusov until 1999, when he graduated with a feature debut titled "The News."

In 2001 Andrey became a member of the Russian Guild of Cinematographers (R.G.C.) and the European "IMAGO" guild.

As a Director of Photography. Naidenov worked on more than forty film and video productions. In 2006, for Ivan Vyrypaev's Euphoria (2006), Andrey received a prize of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival "For courageous simplicity of expression in imagery and poetic power of landscapes captured through outstanding photography".
- IMDb mini biography by: DK_DCpk