Roman Vasyanov

Roman Sergeyevich Vasyanov, ASC, RGC (Russian: Роман Сергеевич Васьянов; born October 24, 1980, in Moscow[1][2]) is a Russian cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director David Ayer and the Russian musical film Stilyagi, for which he was nominated for a Golden Eagle Award for Best Cinematography.

Roman Vasyanov
Роман Сергеевич Васьянов
Born
Roman Sergeyevich Vasyanov

(1980-10-24) October 24, 1980
Moscow
OccupationCinematographer

Life and career

Roman Vasyanov was born on October 24, 1980, in Moscow, in a Russian family. As a child, he was engaged in photography with his father, who worked at the ZIL automobile plant. Made photos and videos as a freelancer for magazines and newspapers. Later, thanks to his father's friend M. D. Koroptsov, he got acquainted with the profession of a cameraman. In 1998 he entered VGIK (workshop of V. I. Yusov). At the XXIV International Film Festival VGIK received the prize for the best camera work in the film "Hide and Seek" (dir. V. Panov). While studying at VGIK, he worked as an assistant cameraman to Yu. Raisky on the set of the cult TV series Brigada. Graduated from VGIK in 2003. Filmed over 300 commercials for Philips, Puma, Budweiser, Dell, Pepsi and others.

In 2008, he was cinematographer for Valery Todorovsky's cult film Stilyagi. In 2012 he worked on David Ayer's police thriller End of Watch, which earned him a nomination as Best cinematographer at the 28th Independent Spirit Awards.[2] Afterwards Vasyanov worked on the movies The Motel Life and The East.

Vasyanov again teamed up with Ayer for the World War II film Fury and the comic book adaptation Suicide Squad.[3]

Vasyanov is a member of Russian Guild of Cinematographers, and American Society of Cinematographers since 2022.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Director Notes
2005 Graveyard Shift Valeri Rozhnov
2006 Piranha Andrey Kavun
2007 Tiski Valery Todorovsky
2008 Stilyagi
2010 Act of Nature Aleksandr Lungin
Sergey Osipyan
The Gift Carl Rinsch Short film
2012 End of Watch David Ayer
The Motel Life Alan Polsky
Gabe Polsky
2013 The East Zal Batmanglij
Charlie Countryman Fredrik Bond
2014 Fury David Ayer
2016 Suicide Squad
2017 The Wall Doug Liman
Thank You for Your Service Jason Hall
Bright David Ayer
2019 Triple Frontier J. C. Chandor

As director and writer

Awards
  • 2010 — Kinotavr — Best Cinematography (Act of Nature)[5]

References
  1. Roman Vasyanov, kinopoisk.ru, access date November 14, 2013.
  2. Roman Vasyanov Archived 2013-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, spiritawards.com, retrieved 14 November 2013.
  3. SUICIDE SQUAD Begins Filming
  4. "Roman Vasyanov Welcomed Into Society Membership". American Cinematographer, ASC. 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  5. Blaney, Martin (June 14, 2010). "My Joy, Truce lead winners in Sochi". Screen International. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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