The Gift / Дар

Credits

Director Mikhail Kukushkin
Scriptwriter Mikhail Kukushkin
Scriptwriter Evgeny Chubarov
Scriptwriter Sergey Zhmakin
Producer Mikhail Kukushkin
Producer Alexander Kotelevsky
Producer Andrey Novikov
Cinematographer / DP Dmitry Polyakov
Art director Sofia Zolotareva
Editor Mikhail Kukushkin
Editor Alexander Amirov
Editor Alexander Ivanov

cast

Yuri Oborotov
Alexey Kolubkov
Vladimir Karpuk
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Mikhail Kukushkin

Director

Biography

Director, producer. Born in Kurgan in 1976. During his study at university organised the youth video-studio Bridge; on its basis the Kurgan TV Company Region-45 was created, of which Kukushkin became director. In 2005 moved to Moscow; worked as assistant director and second director on TV series. In 2009 graduated from Gherman Sidakov’s School, majoring in direction. The lm“Inadequate People” (dir. Roman Karimov, Grand Prix at the Window to Europe festival, 2010) was his debut project as producer. His two following producer’s works participated in the Kinotavr competition: “Into Smithereens” (2011, dir. Roman Karimov) and “Dead Lucky” (2017, dir. Vadim Valiullin). In 2017 released the Russian-American-Spanish lm “The Body Tree”, directed by Thomas Dunn.