
Mikhail Kukushkin
Directing
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 Sidakovās School, majoring in direction. The film āInadequate Peopleā (dir. Roman Karimov, Grand Prix at the Window to Europe festival, 2010) was his debut project as producer. His two following producerās works participated in the Kinotavr competition: āInto Smithereensā (2011, dir. Roman Karimov) and āDead Luckyā (2017, dir. Vadim Valiullin). In 2017 released the Russian-American-Spanish film āThe Body Treeā, directed by Thomas Dunn.


