H.G. Andrei Smyslov
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Director
Belarusian film technician Andrei Smyslov was born in city of Mazyr,
Belarus, in 1934. He received a technical degree in electronics and
engineering from Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy. During the late
fifties and early sixties Andrei held various state assigned positions
including working at the Minsk Gorizont Radio Factory. Coincidentally,
future JFK assign Lee Harvey Oswald was employed by the same factory
although Andrei does not recall ever meeting Oswald. In the late
sixties Andrei moved to Moscow to pursue a career in the Soviet film
industry. Over the years Andrei worked behind the scenes designing
various lighting, camera, and editing paraphernalia. In 1982, Andrei
began design on the first Soviet non-liner editing system. Reportedly
the system utilized a series of mechanically linked Moviolas and
employed a closed-circuit television network to merge the edited images
into one video monitor. Work continued on this system until 1989 when
funding ended due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 1992 Andrei
immigrated to The United States to seek employment in the motion
picture industry.