LIFTER

I was born in 5.11.1978 in Leningrad. In 1995 I finished secondary school specialized in studying English and entered Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences for faculty of arts. In 1999 I was graduated as a dramatic actor of cinema and theater. Also i was going in for academic rowing and several time become a champion of city and International regattas. From 1999 I was acting as an actor in many Russian TV serials. Also I was acting in the films of famous Russian Director's : “The Ark” and “The Sun” directed by A.Sokurov, “Ugly Swans” directed by K.Lopushansky, “ It's hard to be God” directed by A.German and other films directed by D.Meshiev, S.Snezkin, S.Mikaelian. I was acting in episode in the film “Der Untergang” directed by O.Hirschbiegel and “In Transit” directed by T.Roberts. In 2005 I was the producer of short fiction films “I'm from nowhere too” and “Dzen Drive” and also I was the main character in this films. Together with a company of my friends, in 2009 we organized Art Union “Proffy-Studio” and started producing advertising, documentary, short fiction and full-length films. I have produced about 40 different projects and write about 20 scripts to advertising and presentation films. In 2012 I acted as a main character in Chinese feature film “Latitude 52” - produced by famous Chinese director Mailisi also I was making pre-production for this film in Russia. In summer of 2013 i was graduated from Summer Cinema Academy of Nikita Mikhalkov. During the retraining in the Academy by the order of Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation we have produced short fiction film "Undercrossing" , there i have played four characters. In 2014 I was participating in the Cinema Laboratory of Alexander Sokurov, which was held in the frames of Saint-Petersburg International Media Forum. In 2017 I have finished sport film “Lifter”. It was already shown in about 20 festivals and got prizes in USA and India. I was invited to be speaker and member of the jury of the festival “2 wings”. As a director and producer i finished short fiction film "Sprint to the past". The film got 22 prizes of different International Festivals. In 2017 I continue working on the screenplay of a new feature about the life of one of the World greatest rower Viacheslav Ivanov, his living and sporting rivalry with Stewart Mckenzie, the Olympic silver medalist of Melbourne. Also this year I started pre-production period for new documentary film about motocross.