A member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and Ukraine. He was born in 1971 in the town of Kharkov. In 2002 he graduated from Moscow Quality Enhancement Institute for Television and Radio Employees. At the same time he received training at the Staging Department – S. S. Evlakhishvili’s Studio, and at the Non-Staging Department – I.K. Belyaev’s Studio. He is the scriptwriter and director of more than twenty documentary films. He is the producer of author and commercial projects. He collaborates actively with independent film studios.
Selected Filmography:
1/125 of Alexander Bobrovskiy 2002
A Night which Lasted 641 Days 2004
Avant-garde Projections 2004
Uninvited Guest 2005
A Man of April 2006
Metre:00 2006
Shell 2007
Secrets of the Arkhangelsk Ñathedral 2008
Vertex of Norman Foster 2010
Tree of Life 2010
Top of the World 2010
Kids of the tundra 2010
HOMBA
September 2011
New music video for the song AUKTION "Homba" album "TOP".
PENCILS AND STICKS
August 2011
Shooting video of AUCTION "pencils and sticks," the album "TOP".
TOWERS LAND
June 2011
Journey into mountainous Ingushetia and shooting of movie on the construction of the great tower.
AUKTION
January - April 2011
Continued work on a film about Leonid Fedorov and AUCTION. Shooting of musicians in the studio while recording the new album "TOP".
ENUSHA
January 2011
Start filming about a wonderful person. Every time they find themselves in a certain situation, the hero of "breaks" it, at times, bringing what is happening to the absurd and the grotesque. After becoming acquainted with the character you begin to believe that the world is beautiful and unique.These eyes see only the reality of kids. Project ended in in 2015.
August 2010
The third series of the ethnographic project of small indigenous peoples of Russiawill life the Nenets, who live in the far north of Russia.
Jule 2010
The second series of ethnographic project of small indigenous peoples of Russia.It is dedicated to Kumandin, Chelkans, Teleuts Tubalar and Telengits - people who live in the Altai.
June 2010
The first series of Veps - Finno-Ugric peoples living in Leningrad and Vologda regions, as well as the Republic of Karelia.
May 2010
New film about great architector Lord Foster. Script and Director, 39 min
December 2009
the production of the film “ZENIT-KAZAN” on the way to the height”. Film director 67 min.
September 2009
the beginning of work on a new experemental film about Moscow Undeground – 'Metro:W'
October 2007
the launch of a new project about creative work carried out by the music writer and vocalist of the legend group «Auction» Leonid Fedorov. The working name is «Far away…»
September 2007
the beginning and completion of work on a film about the new Russian regional liner Sukhoi Super Jet 100. Scriptwriter and Director, 13 minutes.
July 2007
the completion of work on the film « Milgram’s Lesson ». A film-portrait about the outstanding Moscow teacher. The premiere took place on the 5 th of October, the Teacher’s day, in the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scriptwriter, Director, 40 minutes.
March-April 2007
work on a whole ranging of films belonging to the « aperitivo – cinema » category . « Coliseum », « Moscow Region: a Prospection », « Always the First » , etc. Arseniy Gutov, Alexei Solodovnikov, Vitaliy Grechko participated in the project . Studio « Storoni ». Music: Space People . Scriptwriter, Director, Producer.
February 2007
Saint-Petersburg: the record of music in the State Conservatory and the completion of work on the film « Shell ». Composer Anton Lubchenko. Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, 39 minutes.
January 2007
the completion of work on the short film-essay « Library », by request of the State Public Political Library. Director, 10 minutes.
November 2006
the completion of work on the film « Hello, I am your Nanny !». Director and Operator , STS TV channel , 46 minutes.
October 2006
the beginning of the production to the film «Shell» about a family of Muscovites, who did not comply with the court’s decision about their eviction and demonstrated their protest by settling down in a shell-like car garage.
October 2006
the creation of the short animation film «Show Your World, Painter…» about the creative work of, perhaps, the most mysterious painter-architect Yakov Chernikhov. Composer Maxim Ivanenko. 7 minutes.
September 2006
the completion of the post-production period for the film «Be Yourself!». A film about the creation of the «Do not be Born Beautiful» series. Director and Operator, 44 minutes.
August 2006
the completion of the editing of the short film «Metre:00». Scriptwriter, Director. 10 minutes.
June 2006
the completion of the film «A Man of April» about the young composer Anton Lubchenko from Saint-Petersburg. The film was shown on the «Culture» TV channel on the 27 th of April, 2007, on the day M. Rostropovich died. Scriptwriter and Director , 39 minutes.
April 2006
«Amedia», the production of a film about the «Do not be Born Beautiful» series. Director, Operator.
February 2006
work for the «Amedia» company, the beginning of the production of «a film about a film» about the «My Beautiful Nanny» series. Director, Operator.
January 2006
«A Russian Lullaby in German»: work with previously-filmed material and the completion of the film. Scriptwriter and Director, 26 minutes.
October 2005
«How-to-win Science»: a documentary film about the Educational Center «Sambo-70», a unique centre for education and sports. Scriptwriter and Director, 26 minutes. Broadcast on the «Sport» TV channel.
August 2005
«Dream Team»: a documentary film about the Russian National Team which has been keeping the world championship title in rhythmic gymnastics for more than ten years. Scriptwriter and Director, 26 minutes. Broadcast on the «Sport» TV channel.
July 2005
the completion of the editing of the film «Uninvited Guest». A film about the first Soviet sky-scraper. Scriptwriter, Director, Producer. 39 minutes.
May 2005
the short film «Gosprom». Experimental work, electronic music and geometry synthesis in a shot. The last work with the Centre of Modern Architecture. Music: Space People. 15 minutes.
June-November 2004
Work on the film «Avant-garde Projections». Scriptwriter, Director. A 30-minute version.
January 2004
the completion of work on the first full-length film «A Night which Lasted 641 Days». Scriptwriter, Director, Producer. 56 minutes, the «Culture» TV channel and others.
November 2003
the completion of the film «Project Next» about the Venetian biennale, as well as about the reconstruction projects for the Bolshoy and Mariinskiy theaters. Scriptwriter, together with I. Korob’ina and V. Yuzbashev, Director. 44 minutes, the «Culture» TV channel.
2002-2003
the Director of the «Architectural Gallery» cycle, the «Culture» TV channel.
May 2002
the production of the film «All Gold of the World» about gymnast Alina Kabeva. 26 minutes, the «Sport» TV channel. Scriptwriter and Director.
January 2002
the graduation from I. Belyaev’s Studio at Moscow Quality Enhancement Institute for Television and Radio Employees.
The diploma work: «1/125 of Alexander Bobrovskiy»
