
Person
Yu-Lan Chen
Camera · 1913–2006
Biography
Yu-Lan Chen (also known as Iolanda Chen) was a Soviet cinematographer. Born in China, her family moved to Moscow, where later on she pursued a degree in Cinematography at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Chen worked on a number of films including an epic four-part adaptation of War and Peace.
Known for

The Secret of Success
Camera Operator

Admiral Ushakov
Director of Photography

The Great Glinka
Director of Photography

The Songs of the Sea
Director of Photography

Lermontov
Assistant Camera

There Were Three Bachelors
Director of Photography

Attack from the Sea
Director of Photography

War and Peace
Additional Director of Photography

Dzhulbars
Assistant Camera

History Lesson
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 1973There Were Three BachelorsDirector of Photography
- 1972The People and the NileDirector of Photography
- 1971The Songs of the SeaDirector of Photography
- 1968War and PeaceAdditional Director of Photography
- 1968Sofiya PerovskayaDirector of Photography
- 1968The Nile and the LifeDirector of Photography
- 1966The TunnelDirector of Photography
- 1966War and Peace, Part I: Andrei BolkonskyAdditional Director of Photography
- 1964The Secret of SuccessCamera Operator
- 1961Five Days, Five NightsDirector of Photography
- 1958The CommunistDirector of Photography
- 1957History LessonDirector of Photography
- 1953Attack from the SeaDirector of Photography
- 1953Admiral UshakovDirector of Photography
- 1950Far from MoscowDirector of Photography
- 1949RainisDirector of Photography
- 1947The Tale of the "Neistoviy"Director of Photography
- 1946The Great GlinkaDirector of Photography
- 1944ZoyaCamera Operator
- 1943LermontovAssistant Camera
- 1941In the Rear of the EnemyAssistant Camera
- 1941Salavat YulayevCamera Operator
- 1939High AwardCamera Operator
- 1935The Golden LakeAssistant Camera
- 1935DzhulbarsAssistant Camera
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