About
Born in Yekaterinburg in 1985.
Studied graphic design at the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, graduating in 2007. Later studied animation directing at VGIK Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and received a degree in 2012 as a director of animated films. In 2015, took a professional distribution course at Kultburo.
Current practice is centered on painting, alongside animation and illustration.
Film festival work also remains an active part of my professional life.
Studied graphic design at the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, graduating in 2007. Later studied animation directing at VGIK Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and received a degree in 2012 as a director of animated films. In 2015, took a professional distribution course at Kultburo.
Current practice is centered on painting, alongside animation and illustration.
Film festival work also remains an active part of my professional life.
Founded Festagent in 2010, a film festival agency and industry platform with 1000+ films in its portfolio and a public catalog of 1,500+ film festivals. Its work extends beyond festival strategy and submissions to a wider range of services around film circulation, including DCP, subtitles, design, editing, education and industry support for filmmakers, film schools, TV channels, studios and online platforms.
Festagent helped shape a more structured festival culture in Russia through education, practical tools, a large public festival catalog and the international promotion of Russian-language films.
As part of this work, I have given 30+ lectures and master classes at film schools, festivals and industry events in Russia and internationally.
Festagent helped shape a more structured festival culture in Russia through education, practical tools, a large public festival catalog and the international promotion of Russian-language films.
As part of this work, I have given 30+ lectures and master classes at film schools, festivals and industry events in Russia and internationally.
Early work included animation at Sverdlovsk Film Studio. In 2012–2013, served as director and art director of the animated series Valera for the TV channel 2x2.
Rednecks / Колхозники, an animated music video based on a track by Krovostok, accumulated more than 2+ million views across official and reuploaded versions online. Other screen-based work includes Black / Черный, an animated video created with Naum Blik and based on a poem by Sasha Chyorny, as well as art direction and production for the title sequence of the series The Others / Иные in 2023.
Rednecks / Колхозники, an animated music video based on a track by Krovostok, accumulated more than 2+ million views across official and reuploaded versions online. Other screen-based work includes Black / Черный, an animated video created with Naum Blik and based on a poem by Sasha Chyorny, as well as art direction and production for the title sequence of the series The Others / Иные in 2023.
Started producing animation-focused flipbooks in 2012, developing the format as an independent project in Russia. In 2013, launched the Flipbook Festival. The project continues today as Animabooks.
Produced and published Ural Dictionary / Слова Урала, a publishing project and popular book focused on regional language and vocabulary, which later appeared in a video by Yuri Dud.
Produced and published Ural Dictionary / Слова Урала, a publishing project and popular book focused on regional language and vocabulary, which later appeared in a video by Yuri Dud.
I am also drawn to long-form, self-directed projects, including restoring my own house from sketch to realization, as well as extended road travel across Russia, the Pamir Highway, Argentina and other countries.