His colleague, director Anna Melikyan, reported that Russian cameraman and director Pavel Kapinos, who starred in many famous films and TV series, died at the age of 49. telegam channel. They worked together in the film “8”, starring Evgeniy Tsyganov and Ingeborga Dapkunaite.
“It is impossible to sleep tonight. I am looking at the photos from the shooting of my saddest movie, “8”. The shootings were very fun and sincere. In the photo next to us is our most talented and beautiful cameraman, Pasha Kapinos. One of the best operators in the country. He’s incredibly talented. “The beauty and wonder of his image was born somehow easily, playfully, through the endless jokes and stories around him, the constant laughter around him and my constant requests not to make the actors laugh,” Melikyan wrote.
The director said Kapinos died of a heart attack on February 1.
“You never know where and when a heart attack awaits you and when this path begins. Everything is very fragile. Melikyan said, “We express our condolences to Pasha’s family.”
Actress Daria Dostal confirmed TASSThat Kapinos is dead. He declined to give details because he was “so hurt.”
in conversation with “socialbites.ca” Director Dmitry Dyachenko, who worked with Kapinos in “The Last Hero”, shared his memories about the operator as follows:
“Pasha was an incredibly talented, very precise, precise operator. He felt the nuances of the frame more than others, he loved the artists and tried to make them beautiful within the frame. He never acted rudely or suddenly intervened in the process. And his subtlety always reflected well in soft painting. He loved life and was positive. He went through many challenges in his life, but mostly he brought joy and encouragement to others. A very sad loss for all of us. There are very few talented people.”
Combined work and a large family
Pavel Kapinos was born on October 8, 1975. He studied at VGIK, at the camera department, in the workshop of Vadim Yusov. During his creative career, he managed to shoot more than 20 films, including Ilya Naishuller’s films “Naughty”, “Duhless 2”, “Hardcore”, “Kitchen”. The Last Battle”, “The Last Hero: The Root of Evil” and “The Last Hero: The Messenger of Darkness”. He worked in the TV series “Hotel Eleon”, “Unprincipled”, “Nomination”, “Dead Lake”, “Singles”, and also the singer Maxim “My Paradise One of Kapinos’ last works was the fantasy comedy “Zhdun”, which is currently in production.
In a conversation in 2015 ReelSource.ru The operator shared that he and his wife Karina have six children.
“Of course, everyone has their own profession. Family is very important to me. Therefore, when I am not busy with filming, I work a full-time job at home. It takes all my time and soul. It seems to me that this is the most important thing – to give something and not live for yourself. Probably “This is the meaning of life. Professional satisfaction is very important in itself, but for a man both are important. Somehow I manage to combine all these, that’s probably why I’m the happiest person!” said Kapinos.
He believed that in cinema the main thing is the story and characters, and the picture fades into the background. That’s why he chose to create it with the motto he was taught at VGIK: “It is better to make a good movie bad than to make a bad movie good.”
Kapinos was not only a cameraman, he also wrote scripts and directed two films: in 2020, he directed the documentary “Isolation” and the short film “Farewell, Dear” with Alexander Tsypkin and Ksenia Rappoport.