Margarita Pilikhina

Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina (June 30, 1926, Moscow – March 13, 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet-Russian cinematographer and teacher. She became an Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in 1965. Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina was born on June 30, 1926, 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.

Pilikhina is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.