Timofey Lebeshev

{{Short description|Soviet cinematographer (1905-81)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|2|20}}

| birth_place = Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|8|1|1904|2|20}}

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| occupation = Cinematographer

| yearsactive = 1939-1979

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Timofey Pavlovich Lebeshev ({{langx|ru|Тимофeй Павлович Лeбeшeв}}; February 20, 1905 — August 1, 1981[http://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/270691/ Timofey Lebeshev at the] KinoPoisk) was a Soviet cinematographer. He became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1965[https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/113/49/44148?view=1 Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 26 ноября 1965 года o присвоении почётных званий РСФСР работникам кинематографии] and Honored Artist of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1976. Also awarded of the Medal For Labor Valor (1974).

In 1931, he graduated from the State College of Cinematography. He was director of the film studio Mostehfilm, then Mosfilm.

His son, Pavel Lebeshev, was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer.Биография Тимофея Лебешева