title: Boris Brozhovsky
text: # Boris Brozhovsky
  
  Boris Leonidovich Brozhovsky (Russian: Борис Леонидович Брожовский; 26 July 1935 – 14 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer who made over 40 films.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Brozhovsky was born to the family of film director Leonid Brozhovsky and his wife Lydia. In 1959 he graduated from VGIK. From 1960, he worked at the Mosfilm film studio.
  
  He became a laureate of the USSR State Prize in 1989, for the film The Cold Summer of 1953, and an Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation on 18 November 2000.
  
  Brozhovsky was married to actress Nina Popova, best known for her role as Zhenya in the Soviet TV series Day by Day. He died on 14 January 2022, at the age of 86.
  
  