I am a filmmaker all my life. I was 14 years old in 1979 when created my first 16mm film in local amateur studio

Five years of study at the VGIK - All-Russian State University of Cinematography (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) and graduated in 1991 as a documentary filmdirector and a cameraman

Since 1994, starting with the remarkable BBC documentary series "Russian Wonderland", I've been working for international worldwide productions: BBC, Nat Geo, Discovery, Arte, Ch4, PBS, CBS, CBC, France 2, ORF, NOS, etc.

Pls check My Production Credits , Video and Gallery   pages

FILMOGRAPHY,

AWARDS

(selected)

2019

• FEAR OF FREEDOM (w/t) current | documentary, 1hr  | Mark Franchetti

 

2018

• BIG ICE AGE DIG 2018 LOST BEASTS OF THE ICE AGE | (2nd unit) |Renegate Pict/Warner Bros for Discovery/Ch4
• Current programmes| CBC
• RUSSIAN ROULETTE - SUNDAY (weekly TV programme) | TVNZ

2017

•  THE OLIGARCHS - Al Jazeera Investigations | Aljazeera Media Network |Russian filming
• MYSTERIES OF THE MISSING | 2x42min | Wall to Wall UK for Science Channel,
• BEAR ABOUT THE HOUSE : ME&MY UPERSSIZED PET | TV programme 47 min | Barcroft productions
• International Sport Programmes 3x15 min | FIYLE

2016

•  ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA's JOURNEY TO TOMORROW (NASA 60th ANNIVERSARY)| Baikonur and Star City filming | MOXIE FILMS, Malibu for Discovery (current, TX 2018)

• BBC World Service/BBC Arabic TV Documentaries| MURDER IN TURKEY| 1hr documentary, Russian filming.

• IMG Prod, UK |Olympic Equestrian Reels| 2x1min 

• ONE BELT ONE ROAD | 4x12min series | China Business Network Media CBNTV

• Debevoise & Plimpton promotion video 5 min |Moving Pictures US

• Cai Studio| THE PUSHKIN SHOW (working title) 90 min feature documentary

• GRAND CIRCLE TRAVEL | 2 x 8 min series | NEEDaFIXER for Compass Light 

2015

• Current Time TV RFE/RL | "AIRPORT DONETSK" | Director and DOP | documentary, 37min

• BBC HARDtalk On The Road with Stephen Sackur. | Russia, Far East.

• Reef TV for BBC2| LENINGRAD AND THE ORCHESTRA THAT DEFIED HITLER| 60min documentary, second camera.

• ITV for The Science Channel |SECRET SPACE ESCAPES| Russian part for 8hr science TV programme

• Seconde Vogue Prod., France for ARTE | “ESPIONS POUR LA PLANETE” | 

• IFAW Newborn Saiga Antelopes Story. Wild nature programme.| 20 min

• Quince Media for AlJazeera Special Series| IN SEARCH OF PUTIN'S RUSSIA | 2x24 min series

 2014

• BBC Scotland| INVESTIGATES. GANGSTERS.COM| Russian part in 1hr doc
• RAW TV for Discovery Channel| UNEXPLANED FILES| 3x12 min episodes

2013

• CBC| DOCZONE - DEFYING PUTIN, 52 min documentary|
• IMG Prod for TWS| YOUNG SPORT STARS| 4x12 portrets
• BlinkFilms for Discovery| WORLDS TOP 5  -  GIANT CRANES, SUPER HELICOPTERS| 2x12 min episodes
• Beyond Prod for Discovery| EXTREME WORLD - CANE THERAPY| 12min story

2012

• Nutopia for Discovery | HOW WE INVENTED THE WORLD – KALASHNIKOV  russsian episode, 52 min| 

• WindfallFilms (UK) for Discovery | COUNTDOWN TO COLLISION, Episode 6, ARCTIC ICEBREAKER | 50 min

• BBC One | THE ONE SHOW , Bolshoy Ballet Scholl |  Squences in Russia

• Beyond Productins Australia for National Geographic |TABOO, Series 9, "Ice Swimming", 24 min| current, editing

• The Economist, UK | Moscow Protests on the 4th February

2011

• BBC2 | WIKILEAKS: THE SECRET LIFE OF A SUPERPOWER (Russianpart), 60 min|
• WindfallFilms (UK) for National Geographic | BIG BIGGER THE BIGGEST - ICEBREAKING TANKER, 45 min
• BBC PANORAMA| From Russia with Love |
• Mir Reality for Discovery | "I Want a House Abroad", 40x12 min |
• Artline Films for Arte | AUDIEU CAMARADES/ FAREWELL COMRADES,| Rusian Part in  multimedia documentary project| Directed by Andrei Nekrasov
• Blink Films for PBS,WDNET |Secret of Dead: THE WORLDS BIGGEST BOMB-TSAR BOMB| 60min

2010

• Matchlight for BBC1 | IMAGINE:THE TROUBLE WITH TOLSTOY presented Alan Yentob, 2x52min|
• Beyond Productins Australia for National Geographic | TABOO Series 7 - Leg Lengthening Story, 24min|

2009

• BBC THIS WORLD | STALIN IS BACK with John Sweeney (part)

• PBS| WORLD IN FOCUS | 2x12min Reportage

• BBC SPORT | Olympic Dreams (Russian part) |

• HDNet | WORLD REPORT– Star City with Greg Dobbs, 50 min|

2008

• France2 | Un Oeil Sur La Planete – Krimea |

• Roch Prod. for France2| STALIN'S LAST PLOT , 52 min|

• Animal Planet | Untamed and Uncut (Russian part)|

• Al Jazeera | People & Power – SILENT VOICES, 2x20 min |

2007

• HDNet |WORLD REPORT – NASHI with Greg Dobbs, 50 min|

• France2 | Un Oeil Sur La Planete – Khanty-Mansiysk |

• Arte | 1917 La Revolution Russe , 104min |

• ITN Factual for Discovery | THE WORLDS RICHEST, 3x20min|

• Darlow Smithson for National Geographic | SITUATION CRITICAL - Russian Submarine, 50 min (Russian part)

2006

• BBC THIS WORLD | VODKA IS MY POISON , presented John Sweeney, 52 min

• BBC Classical Music| ”The Bolt” , D.Shostakovich ballet (part)

• Darlow Smithson for National Geographic | SECONDS FROM DISASTER - Russian Nuclear Submarine “Kursk”, 50 min (Russian part)

2005

• ITN-Factual for Discovery| The Head, The Body and The Brain, 52min (Rusian part)|

• Alegria Prod. for BBC, ZDF, Arte | COMMUNIST JOKES

• ITN-Factual for Discovery| EURO RICH/Made in Europe, 59 min

• Oxford Films for BBC| RUSSIAN GOD FATHERS, 3x60 min (part)

• BBC Sport| The 25th Anniversary of Moscow Olympics|

2004

• Darlow Smithson for National Geographic| SECONDS FROM DISASTER –Unsolved Flight KAL 007, 57 min (Russian part)

• BBC THIS WORLD | ONE DAY OF WAR - Chechnya Sapper's Story, 24min

• October Films for BBC| UKRAINE IN ORANGE REVOLUTION, 50min

• 3BMTV (UK) for Channel 4| TEN DAYS TO VICTORY, 2x60 min (part)

• Fulmar West for BBC| CARTOONIST IN THE FIRE LINE, 20min

• 3BMTV (UK) for Channel 4| WARLORDS, 4x52min (Russian part)

• Periscope Pictures (US) | A MOMENT ON EARTH – Russia

• BBC THIS WORLD| COMING OF AGE – Russian Nazi Story

• Wilton Films for ORF| BACK TO SIBERIA, 24 min

2003

• Two Hundred Films/Alegria for BBC/Arte/PBS| THE RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER

MURDERS/LES CIMETIERES DE LA GLASNOST, 69 min

• Wilton Films for BBC4| HOT SPOT: CHECHNYA, 60 min

• BBC HISTORY| ANTONY BEEVOR AND THE CHEKHOVA FILE, 60 min

• Brighton Films/Electric Sky for Discovery| THE MUMMIES TRILOGY – SIBERIAN

PRINCESS, 50 min

2002

• Open University for BBC| THE PEARL OF SIBERIA, LAKE BAIKAL, 30 min

• John Gwyn Prod for Channel4| WAR SURGERY -SECOND WORLD WAR, 90min

• BBC School| THE FALL OF THE USSR, 30min

• Wilton Films for PBS/TLS| "GREETINGS FROM GROZNY" | DOP and Reporter| 56 min

• Old Street Films for BBC| MADE IN BRITAN: THE STORY OF THE SHOEBOMBER, 30 min (part)

2001

• First Circle Films for Channel4| TRUE STORIES - "SOLDAT" | Director and Cameraman | 76 min

• BBC2 Timewatch| THE BATTLE FOR BERLIN, 90min ( Russian part)

• Radio Liberty| 3x20 sec ads

• MBC for BBC | STELLA RIMINGTON, 50 min (Russian part)

• Wall to Wall for Discovery Europe| EUROCOPS - Moscow, 120 min

• ACP for Channel 4| CONJOINED TWINGS – MASHA AND DASHA, 50min

2000

• Wilton Films for ORF| MEDIEN, MACHT UND MAFIA , 52 min

• Opus TV | Few Stories of Modern Russian Musicians and Composers

• IFAW | Seals Commercial Explotation, 24/52 min

1999

• Ninox Films for New Zeland TV | STORY OF MIKHAIL LERMONTOV, SUNK LINER, 20 MIN (Russian part)
• Mosaic Films for BBC2 | RETURN TO RUSSIAN WONDERLAND, 2 of 8 Stories

1998

• Films of Record for Channel 4|International Consulting Group in Russia, 40min

• BBC/Sky News/ Reuter/NOS/ France2/TV3| NEWS PORGRAMMES

1997

• Elsash Prod for Global Vision Network| Series of short programs – Current Life

• Mosaic Films for Channel 4 | “IVANOV” GOES TO MOSCOW, starring Ralph Fiennes, 50min (part)

• Mosaic Films for The UK Foreign Office/ the British Council | YURY DOLGORUKY, HOW DO YOU DO?, 50 min

1996

• Rapido TV | EUROTRASH – Alla Pugacheva

1995

• Mosaic Films for BBC2 | RUSSIAN WONDERLAND, 2 of 10 stories

 

Andrei Erastov.