Oleg Fedorovich Martynov (born 1937) is a famous Soviet, Russian cinematographer, shot about 40 feature films and television series, winner of awards for best cinematography, author of films about H.P. Blavatsky and the Roerich family, director, traveler.

The founder of the Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family Lyudmila Stepanovna Mitusova in her book of memoirs "About the past and the fate of loved ones" told: "A wonderful cinematographer and a person. Together with him we read the Teaching of Living Ethics. Knows the right direction perfectly well." He was at the origins of the Roerich movement in Russia; he was part of the team of the creators of the first film about Nicholas Roerich in the USSR "Nicholas Roerich" (1976, Kievnauchfilm). "The filming of a film about N.K. Roerich took place in our house. Svyatoslav Nikolaevich and Devika Rani participated in them. The film was directed by Rollan Sergienko, the screenplay was written by Renita Grigorieva and Lyudmila Shaposhnikova, the cameraman was Oleg Martynov. The crew of the film crew was very friendly, sincere, aspiring," L.S. Mitusova wrote in the book "About the past and the fate of loved ones.".

Prizes and awards:

• 1973: All-Union Film Festival, Alma-Ata - Prize for the best cinematography ("The Life and amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", 1972)
• 1992: The International Film Festival of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples "Golden Knight" - Prize for the best cinematography ("Boys", 1990)
• 1993: Golden Aries Award - For the best cinematography ("Dislike", 1991)
• 2018: Winner of the Nicholas Roerich International Prize

Films about H.P. Blavatsky are based on autobiographical sources:
Sylvia Cranston "H.P. Blavatsky", Howard Murphy "Elena Blavatsky", Mary Nef "Personal Memoirs of H.P. Blavatsky, Oleg Boldyrev "Messenger of Shambhala. Blavatskaya.", Henry Olcott " Pages of an old diary.", "Letters of Blavatsky", "The Occult World of Blavatsky", etc