Bio

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.

Full filmography is available on IMDb.com

Awards and Nominations

"9.8 m/s2"

(short)

Directed by Michael Vaynberg

Independent Shorts Awards 2018:

Nominated, Platinum Award

Best Cinematography 

ReelHeART International Film Festival 2018:

Nominated, Festival Prize

Best Cinematography 

Independent Shorts Awards 2018:

Won, Gold Award

Best Cinematography 

"Hardcore Henry"

Directed by Ilya Naishuller
Toronto International Film Festival 2015: People's Choice Award Midnight Madness

"About Love"

Directed by Anna Melikyan
Subtitle European Film Festival (Ireland) 2015: Best Director
Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr 2015: Grand Prix

"Mediastan"

Directed by Johannes Wahlstrom 

Gothenburg Independent Film Festival 2014: Best Documentary 

"Promotional"

(short)

Directed by Ivan Vyrypaev 

International Rome Film Festival: Studio Universal Short Film Award 2013

"Soulless"

Directed by Roman Prygunov

Opening film of 34th Moscow International Film Festival 2012

"I'll Be Around"

Directed by Pavel Ruminov

Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr 2012: Grand Prix Warsaw Film Festival 2012: Competition Programm OpenRussian Film Festival "AmurskayaOsen" 2012: Best Actress Award Window to Europe Film Festival2012: People’s Choice Award Moscow Film Festival 2012: Premiere Film Festival Pacific Meridian 2012 International Film Festival Cottbus 2012: Competition Programm Molodist Kyiv 2012: Competition Programm 6th Russian Film Festival“Sputnik Over Poland” 2012: Competition Programm Honfleur Russian Film Festivalin France 2012 Russian Films Festival in Jerusalem 2012: Competition Programm

"Triumph"

Youth Award 2009

"The Thaw"

(TV series)
Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy

Film & Television Producers Association Award 2012: Best Cinematography "Nika" AcademyAward 2012: Special Prise TEFI Award 2013: Best TV Series of the Year 

"School"

(TV series)
Directed by Valeriya Gay Germanika, Ruslan Malikov, Natalya Meshchaninova
Golden Horn-Nose 2011: Best Camera

"Krople"

(short)
Directed by Nikolay Khomeriki 

Sopot Film Festival 1999: Best Short Film