2022 - NOW
- Studied film direction at Catalyst Film Institute, Berlin — graduated 2024
- Directed several short films(Winter in Fredersdorf, Stagnation); contributed to festival submissions
- Developed storyboards for own and student projects
- On-set sound recording experience
- Since mid-2025: expanding into game development (Godot, Unity)
- Learning C#, Python, GDScript
- Writing game narratives, designing characters, building prototypes for own projects
2014 – 2022 ANIMATION & STORYBOARDS
- Worked a year in a bar to fund a career transition into animation
- Started doing standup comedy; developed a pilot for an animated show ( Carousel)
- Joined a small animation studio — wrote and produced short animated clips(2016)
- Storyboard and animatic development at Rocket Fox for Captain Kraken and Nibble Nom (YouTube / Netflix Kids) (2017)
- Writers' room work: scripting, voice actor direction, musical scene boarding
- Created and led a small team job for the animated music video
- Completed CGMA 8-week storyboard course (2019)
- Joined MetraFilms as storyboarder and compositor (2020)
- Tools: Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, Adobe Audition, Premiere Pro
- Relocated from Moscow to Berlin (2021)
1987 – 2014 EDUCATION
- Grew up in Moscow; early art workshops, guitar, music theory, school theatre
- First industry experience: runner on a Mosfilm feature set (Narrow Bridge, 2004)
- Studied Foreign Languages at IEP University; left in the fourth year to pursue art
- Played in several bands around Moscow
- Completed animation program at College No. 60 (2010)
- Self-taught digital drawing in Photoshop and tween animation in After Effects
- Freelance work across logo design, illustration, 2D asset preparation, and interior decoration
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