
About
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 |
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2024 | The Return of Vertov | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2023 | A History of Russian Cinema. The Birth of the Myth. | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2014 | Searching for the Lost Pochta | Actor | Self - Russian film historian | N/A N/A |
2012 | We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Bug Trainer | Actor | Self - Russian film historian | 58 Average |
1993 | The Last Bolshevik | Actor | Self - Russian film historian | 59 Average |
1991 | Anna Karamazoff | Actor | 58 Average |
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Directing |
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2024 | The Return of Vertov | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1921 | The History of the Civil War | Directing | Other | 58 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Directing | Other | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2024 | The Return of Vertov | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2014 | Searching for the Lost Pochta | Writing | Idea | N/A N/A |
2014 | Searching for the Lost Pochta | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | Сукровица | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1921 | The History of the Civil War | Writing | Other | 58 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Writing | Other | 59 Average |
Production |
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1934 | Dokhunda | Production | Post Producer | N/A N/A |
1934 | Dokhunda | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1933 | The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon | Production | Post Producer | 59 Average |
1933 | The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1931 | Pasifik 231 | Production | Post Producer | 59 Average |
1931 | Pasifik 231 | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1930 | Stop Thief! | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1930 | Stop Thief! | Production | Post Producer | N/A N/A |
1929 | The Post | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1929 | The Post | Production | Post Producer | 58 Average |
1928 | Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina | Production | Post Producer | N/A N/A |
1928 | Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin | Production | Post Producer | 58 Average |
1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1921 | The History of the Civil War | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Production | Post Producer | 59 Average |
1918 | Engineer Prite's Project | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1918 | Engineer Prite's Project | Production | Post Producer | 58 Average |
1917 | The King of Paris | Production | Post Producer | 58 Average |
1917 | The King of Paris | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1913 | Alcoholism and Its Consequences | Production | Post Producer | N/A N/A |
1913 | Alcoholism and Its Consequences | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Editing |
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2014 | Searching for the Lost Pochta | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | N/A N/A |
2014 | Searching for the Lost Pochta | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1934 | Dokhunda | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1934 | Dokhunda | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1933 | The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 59 Average |
1933 | The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 59 Average |
1931 | Pasifik 231 | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 59 Average |
1931 | Pasifik 231 | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 59 Average |
1930 | Stop Thief! | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1930 | Stop Thief! | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1929 | The Post | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 58 Average |
1929 | The Post | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 58 Average |
1928 | Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1928 | Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 58 Average |
1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 58 Average |
1921 | The History of the Civil War | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 58 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 59 Average |
1918 | Anniversary of the Revolution | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 59 Average |
1918 | Engineer Prite's Project | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 58 Average |
1918 | Engineer Prite's Project | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 58 Average |
1917 | The King of Paris | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | 58 Average |
1917 | The King of Paris | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | 58 Average |
1913 | Alcoholism and Its Consequences | Editing | Archival Footage Coordinator | N/A N/A |
1913 | Alcoholism and Its Consequences | Editing | Editorial Coordinator | N/A N/A |