Director

Mikhail Kukushkin

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 2042898

IMDb ID: nm2472519

Known for: Directing

Born: May 12, 1976

Age: 49

Place of birth: Kurgan, USSR (Russia)

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2025

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 5.86

Also known as

Михаил Кукушкин

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Director (2)Assistant Director (1)Producer (4)Co-Writer (1)Writer (1)

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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 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 film “The Body Tree”, directed by Thomas Dunn.

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