The Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers, is an organization that was established after the Order of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR

Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...

 in 1957. It was named at first as Orgbureau and constitutionalised on its first organizational convocation in January of 1963. The first director of the association was Taras Levchuk and the association headquarters was decided to be in Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. In 1971 the association opened another office in Odessa

Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

 and became a part of the Soviet Association of Cinematographers. Its membership listed around 500 individuals at that time. Together with the State Committee of the Council of Ministers in regards to cinematography

Cinematography

Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...

the association was publishing its monthly issue of Novyny Kinoekranu (News of Cinemascreen) since 1961.