Margarita Pilikhina
An image from I Am Twenty, one of the productions that also features Margarita Pilikhina.

Margarita Pilikhina

June 30, 1926 — Moscow, USSR

Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina (Russian: Маргарита Михайловна Пилихина; 30 June 1926, Moscow – 13 March 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer and pedagogue. She became an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR in 1965.

She was born in Moscow. Her great-uncle was Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974), Marshal of the Soviet Union.

In 1950, she graduated from the camera department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), the workshop of Boris Volchek). Since graduation, she was a lecturer at VGIK and since 1970 was an associate professor at the institute.

Pilikhina was director of photography at M. Gorky Film Studio beginning in 1956. Nine years later she became the director of photography at the film studio "Mosfilm". Also in 1965, she lensed the Marlen Khutsiev classic I Am Twenty, which remains her best known work. In 1977, she published the book I Am a Cameraman.

She was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) since 1956. She was a member of the Board Union of Cinematographers of the USSR since 1965, then she was Secretary of the Board, Head of the Creative Section of Cameramen.

She was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

I Am Twenty

I Am Twenty

1965

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1975

Foma Gordeyev

Foma Gordeyev

1959

Night Guard

Night Guard

1957

Two Boys from the Same District

Two Boys from the Same District

1957

The Stars of the Day

The Stars of the Day

1966