About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1962-02-14
Place of birth:
Kostroma, RSFSR, USSR, [now Russia]
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Nikolai Izvolov

Overview

Nikolai Izvolov (born in 1962 – Kostroma, USSR) is a Russian film historian and cinema theorist, researcher of film archives and specialist in reconstruction of the “lost” films. He's known by his reconstructions of Dziga Vertov's Anniversary of the Revolution (2018), The History of the Civil War (2021) and Man with a Movie Camera (2024). Author of the books Phenomenon of Film: History and Theory (2001) and Unknown Pages of Russian Avant-garde Cinema (2021). Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been teaching the course Practice of Work in Film Archives for students of the Film Studies department in VGIK (All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography). In 1992, he collaborated with Chris Marker on the Alexander Medvedkin’s biopic The Last Bolshevik. Together with Natasha Drubek-Mayer he developed a creative method of film reconstruction ‘Hyperkino’ and applied it to the archives of Dziga Vertov, Alexander Medvedkin and Lev Kuleshov: Lenin Kino-Pravda (1996); Stop Thief! (1998); The Story of Tit… or the Tale of the Large Spoon (2000); Engineer Prite’s Project (2001); Alcoholism and Its Consequences (2001); Dokhunda (2006).

Known for

Acting
2024 The Return of Vertov Actor Self 59
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2023 A History of Russian Cinema. The Birth of the Myth. Actor N/A
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2014 Searching for the Lost Pochta Actor Self - Russian film historian N/A
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2012 We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation Actor Himself N/A
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2009 The Bug Trainer Actor Self - Russian film historian 58
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1993 The Last Bolshevik Actor Self - Russian film historian 59
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1991 Anna Karamazoff Actor 58
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Directing
2024 The Return of Vertov Directing Director 59
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1921 The History of the Civil War Directing Other 58
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Directing Other 59
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Writing
2024 The Return of Vertov Writing Writer 59
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2014 Searching for the Lost Pochta Writing Idea N/A
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2005 Сукровица Writing Writer N/A
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1921 The History of the Civil War Writing Other 58
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Writing Other 59
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Production
1933 The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon Production Post Producer 59
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1933 The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon Production Producer 59
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1931 Pasifik 231 Production Producer 59
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1931 Pasifik 231 Production Post Producer 59
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1930 Stop Thief! Production Post Producer N/A
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1930 Stop Thief! Production Producer N/A
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1929 The Post Production Producer 58
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1929 The Post Production Post Producer 58
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1928 Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina Production Post Producer N/A
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1928 Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina Production Producer N/A
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1925 Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin Production Producer 58
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1925 Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin Production Post Producer 58
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1921 The History of the Civil War Production Producer 58
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Production Producer 59
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Production Post Producer 59
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1917 The King of Paris Production Producer 58
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1917 The King of Paris Production Post Producer 58
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1913 Alcoholism and Its Consequences Production Producer N/A
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1913 Alcoholism and Its Consequences Production Post Producer N/A
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Editing
2014 Searching for the Lost Pochta Editing Editorial Coordinator N/A
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2014 Searching for the Lost Pochta Editing Archival Footage Coordinator N/A
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1933 The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon Editing Editorial Coordinator 59
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1933 The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 59
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1931 Pasifik 231 Editing Editorial Coordinator 59
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1931 Pasifik 231 Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 59
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1930 Stop Thief! Editing Editorial Coordinator N/A
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1930 Stop Thief! Editing Archival Footage Coordinator N/A
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1929 The Post Editing Editorial Coordinator 58
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1929 The Post Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 58
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1928 Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina Editing Archival Footage Coordinator N/A
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1928 Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina Editing Editorial Coordinator N/A
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1925 Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin Editing Editorial Coordinator 58
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1925 Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 58
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1921 The History of the Civil War Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 58
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 59
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1918 Anniversary of the Revolution Editing Editorial Coordinator 59
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1917 The King of Paris Editing Editorial Coordinator 58
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1917 The King of Paris Editing Archival Footage Coordinator 58
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1913 Alcoholism and Its Consequences Editing Editorial Coordinator N/A
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1913 Alcoholism and Its Consequences Editing Archival Footage Coordinator N/A
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