Fedor Lyass

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 Hayley 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. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was outspoken against Putin, and in 2022, he wrote the open letter exposing the war crimes, spearheaded it within the Russian cinematographer community and relocated to Los Angeles. 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.