Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Cinematographer,
Editor,
Character
Born 1995, Russia (Yakutia)
 
 
Evgeniy NIKOLAEV
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Евгений НИКОЛАЕВ
Evgueni NIKOLAEV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2024 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) [fiction, 93 mn]
2023 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) [fiction, 22 mn]
 
Writer
2024 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) from Evgeniy NIKOLAEV [fiction, 93 mn]
2024 - Torbasa ili kak my rubili miaso (Торбаса или как мы рубили мясо) from Nikita DAVYDOV [fiction, 11 mn]
2023 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) from Evgeniy NIKOLAEV [fiction, 22 mn]
 
Actor
2023 - Plague (Чума) from Dmitry DAVYDOV [fiction, 86 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2024 - Kharama (Харама) from Dmitry DAVYDOV [documentary, 25 mn]
 
Editor
2024 - Torbasa ili kak my rubili miaso (Торбаса или как мы рубили мясо) from Nikita DAVYDOV [fiction, 11 mn]
 
Character
2025 - Focus (Фокус) from Dmitry DAVYDOV [documentary, 24 mn]
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Awards :
Cuckoo :
Special Jury prize, International Film Festival Zerkalo. Tarkovsky's Philosophy, Ivanovo (Russia), 2024
Cuckoo :
Best Short Film, "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2023

Biography
Born in 1995 in the village of Myandigui in Yakutia. In 2017, he graduated from the National Institute of Arctic Culture and Arts. He worked for five years as a director at the Amga Folk Theatre, and participated in the films "The Scarecrow", "Songs of Summer", and "Edeer Saas" as an assistant director and cameraman, and as an actor. Lives and works in Amga.
 

Commentaries
- Evgenii Nikolaev: Cuckoo (Kukushka, 2024) Nikita ALLGIRE, 2026,
- Евгений Николаев: «Выйдешь на улицу – там лес и никого больше» [Evgueni Nikolaev : "Vous sortez dans la rue - il y a une forêt et personne d'autre"] 2024, Cinema Routine
- С надеждой о любви среди зимы и беды Десять лучших российских фильмов 2024 года. Выбор Ларисы Малюковой [Les dix meilleurs films russes de 2024. Le choix de Larissa Malioukova] 2024, novayagazeta.ru