Shneyderov Moisey (1915-1985)

Shneyderov Moisey (18.11.1915, Ukraine — 12.1985, Riga) — cinematographer, screenwriter, director.
In 1939 he graduated from VGIK (the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography), and worked as a newsreel cameraman in Ukraine before the Second World War. During the war he was a cinematographer attached to the 1st Belorussian Front.
In 1942 he received the Stalin Prize for his part in filming the first Soviet feature-length documentary, “The Defeat of the German Armies near Moscow.” In 1945, as a cameraman, he took part in filming “The Fall of Berlin,” shooting the scene of the raising of the Red Banner over the Reichstag.
In his later years he worked at the Riga Film Studio.
He was a laureate of the State Prize of the Latvian SSR for the trilogy “We Marched with Ilyich.” He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Badge of Honor, and the medals “For the Defense of Moscow,” “For the Liberation of Warsaw,” “For the Capture of Berlin,” and “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War.”