Musayev Manasbek
Cinematographer. Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1977). Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979). Born on April 24, 1942, in the city of Naryn in a family of civil servants. Immediately after graduating from high school, he began his career as a decorator at the "Son-Kul" cinema in Naryn in 1958. Then, from 1959 to 1960, he worked as a librarian at the Tien Shan Regional Library. From the end of April 1960, he became an apprentice in the newsreel department of the Frunze Film Studio, and from 1961 to 1963, he worked there as a camera assistant.
In 1962, he enrolled in VGIK in the cinematography department. From December 1964 to October 1967, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and from November 1967, he continued his studies at VGIK. He returned to "Kyrgyzfilm" as a certified specialist in 1970.
In 1970, M. Musayev created documentaries at the "Kyrgyztelefilm" studio (films "To Remember and to Know," "Muke").
Then he worked as a second cameraman on "The Scarlet Poppies of Issyk-Kul" (1971) by B. Shamshiev. At "Kyrgyzfilm," he also dedicated a lot of effort to newsreels, filming stories from 1971 to 1972 for special issues of the film journal "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," and the documentary "High Voltage."
M. Musayev fully demonstrated his creative maturity as a cinematographer-director of feature films "Swans Come Here" (1973) by Yu. Boretzky, "Echo of Love" (1974) by B. Shadmshiev, "Among People" (1977) by B. Shamshiev and A. Suundukov, "The Process" (1978) by D. Sodanbek. His best achievement is "The White Steamship" (1975) by B. Shamshiev. For the visual solution of this film, M. Musayev was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1977).
Member of the USSR Union of Cinematographers since 1975.
WORKS ON THE ARTISTRY OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER
Zhamankulov K. "By a Thorny Path" (in Kyrgyz).— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," February 25, 1979.
Yuzhin V. "Downpour" at the Beginning of the Path.— "Komsomolets of Kyrgyzstan," April 5, 1980.
