Igor Anatolievich Chernykh (June 12, 1932 – July 15, 2020) was a Soviet cinematographer.
He was best known for his works in The Diamond Arm, Particularly Important Task and Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation.
[1] Entered the cinematography department of the university of VGIK (workshop of A. V. Galperin).
He collaborated with such important for Soviet cinema directors as Leonid Gaidai, Alexei Saltykov, Yuri Ozerov and Yevgeny Matveev.
In 1977, he independently developed a stabilisation system Gorizont, which was used to shoot some episodes of the films Emelyan Pugachev, Particularly Important Task and The Battle for Moscow.