Hello there! My name is Ilya (aka Elijah) - I'm a filmmaker based in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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I dreamed of becoming a film director since the third grade. As a child, I started my journey with stop-motion Lego animation. And in high school, together with my cousins, we began to film parodies of Hollywood films.
In 2011, I enrolled in university and began studying film directing in Moscow, Russia.
During my university time, I shot several student short films such as:
- "The Trainer", 2013 (narrative, comedy, sport)
- "Champion", 2016 (documentary, sport)
- "Boiling Point", 2016 (narrative, comedy, action)
- "Boys from the Hood", 2017 (narrative, comedy, crime)
After graduating, I started working in the field of commercial videos for businesses. And also shot some short films:
- "Vampires in Taxi", 2020 (narrative, comedy, thriller)
- "The Case", 2021 (narrative, action)
In 2023 I established the "Elijah Kids" project to create a film studio for kids and teens. We shot our first pilot project:
- "In the Glorious Sunshine", 2024 (narrative, pilot for a web series, comedy, drama)
College
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Film Directing
20112017
Birth Date
January 11, 1993
Nickname
Elijah
Current City
Almaty
Hometown
Almaty
Gender
Male
"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained." - Walt Disney
Hello there! My name is Ilya (aka Elijah) - I'm a filmmaker based in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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