Roman Mikhailov was born in 1978. mathematician, writer, director. author of more than 70 scientific articles, 7 films, 7 books and over 10 performances. laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize. The performance based on his prose was awarded the Golden Mask Prize. his film “A Tale for Old People” (2022) received the main prize of the International Film Festival “Spirit of Fire”, and “Heritage” (2023) received the grand prix of the “Bitter Fest” festival. His works also include “snow, sister and wolverine” (2022), “vacation in October” (2023), “let’s go with you to Macau” (2023), “Firebird” (in production).