Direction · series production · programming · industry development
Documentary Cinema
Authored films, documentary series for streaming platforms, festival programming, television acquisitions and professional documentary infrastructure.
Recent Series
Executive and creative production · direction
2021 · Wink / more.tv · three episodes
The Nineties: The 1996 Election
Executive Producer · DirectorA three-part documentary following the presidential campaign of 1996 through archival material and first-hand testimony.
Best Online Documentary Project · Russian Web AwardsOpen project page ↗Four documentary projects for PREMIER
2023–2024Creative Producer
2023Cryonics: Diaries of Immortality
Director · Anastasia Kozhevnikova · Andrey Ananin
2023The Elk Calf
Director · Elena Koptseva
2024You’ve Got a Call from the Bank
Director · Anastasia Bezruk
2023White Crows
Director · Artem Gryanik
Principal Documentary Films
Direction · 2012–2020
Let Our Lives Continue in Others
Director37 min · Kinoshock special prize · part of the Borderline Effect anthology, recipient of a STALKER Human Rights Film Festival jury prize
Forest Is My Choice
Director39 min · documentary produced for WWF
How the War
Was Filmed
2020Was Filmed
How the War Was Filmed
DirectorDirector of two films within the 20-part archival series: The Nuremberg Trials and Maria Sukhova
Programming & Documentary Industry
Festivals · television · professional infrastructureMoscow International Film Festival
Programmed and managed the Free Thought documentary section and, from 2011, the festival’s documentary competition.
Watching and Discussing · Rossiya-K
Documentary acquisitions and programming for a weekly prime-time television slot: 98 episodes and more than 100 feature documentaries screened.
Documentary Film and Television Guild
Board member and former Vice-President, responsible for the professional portal, film directory, expert systems and international promotion of documentary work.
Selected Recognition
Awards and competition selections across early directing work, authored documentaries and recent streaming series.
The Nineties: The 1996 ElectionBest Online Documentary Project · Russian Web Awards
Let Our Lives Continue in OthersKinoshock Special Prize · 2012
Let Our Lives Continue in OthersDiana Bagrationi Foundation Diploma · New York
Borderline EffectSTALKER Sergey Govorukhin Special Jury Prize
Forest Is My ChoiceBest Youth Project · Man of Labour
You’ve Got a Call from the BankAPKiT Best Documentary Series Nominee · 2025
The Elk CalfFull Frame NEW DOCS Competition · 2024
White CrowsOriginal Directing Vision · Original Story · Original+Doc 2023
Film education and early practice · 2003–2008
Documentary direction at VGIK in Sergey Miroshnichenko’s workshop, followed by productions in the Netherlands, Poland and Serbia.
- Russian Dances2004 · RussiaSt. Anna Student Film Festival Diploma
- MOBed2005 · RussiaRussian Week on Corfu Prize · Rambler Vision Best Documentary
- I AMsterdam2005 · NetherlandsTel Aviv International Student Film Festival
- The Traces2006 · PolandSt. Anna Second Prize · Golden Knight Special Diploma
- Other Colors2007 · SerbiaSt. Anna Second Prize
- President of CC2008 · RussiaBest Debut, KINO.DOC · Best Documentary, Fatherland — My Land