Biography

Fedor Lyass is best known for his work on "Hardcore Henry" (2015), the first-person action film directed by Ilya Naishuller and starring Sharlto Copley and Haley Bennett, which was awarded at TIFF. Born in Moscow, Lyass quickly became one of Russia's top cinematographers after graduating from VGIK, the world-renowned film school attended by legends like Andrei Tarkovsky among other giants of Soviet and Russian cinema. Among his recent works is "86," (2025), a feature film directed by Cliff Dorfman ("Entourage," "The Warrior"), which features a series of extra-long takes that weave together multiple storylines. He also worked as a camera operator on Amazon Studios' production "Mercy," (2025), directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson.

- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Kupisk