Mikhail Kukushkin

Director

May 12, 1976 (50 years)

Kurgan, USSR (Russia)

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 film “Inadequate People” (dir. Roman Karimov, Grand Prix at the Window to Europe festival, 2010) was his debut project as prod…

Filmography

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Trackman

A perfect bank heist turns deadly when the robbers and their hostages flee to the abandoned underground subway station where they encounter the Trackman, a deformed madman that prowls the darkness.

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Maestro

Unlucky university teacher Valentin finds an outlet in leading a student film club, where he makes amateur films with young talents. Valentin believes that a bad streak cannot last forever and that he will definitely get lucky someday. Fate favors the unlucky but talented teacher, and Kirill Kyaro agrees to take part in his new film. While Valentin tries his best to grab luck by the tail, the students of the film club grow up, find themselves and make important life discoveries.

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The Gift

Tolya Sidorov is a simple worker of early retirement age from some remote place in Russia. Unexpectedly he discovers his artistic talent and becomes a sensation in the world of modern art. And all this because the creation of his masterpieces happens at a very intimate moment... The fame of the unusual artist spreads across the Internet, and even experts from Moscow come to visit an exhibition of Anatoly’s urinary painting. And like in the Russian fairy tale, the hero is miraculously showered with recognition and money. But Tolya prefers to stay incognito, trying to understand whether his work is real art. And the men from the factory would laugh at him if they found out.

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