industry leaders
Among them are individual entrepreneurs, managers, authors, and entire teams. They make a significant contribution to the development of their respective industries, forge new directions and business models at the intersection of sectors, enhancing the region's export potential and competitiveness. The list is compiled by the project's analytical group based on a survey of no fewer than 350 experts from 14 spheres of creative industries.
Timur
Burbaev
Head of the "Industrial Design" department at the Higher School of Economics Design School, designer, art director of "Studio Artemy Lebedev"
Design
Male
Igor
Burganov
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, professor, candidate of art history, laureate of the Moscow Prize.
Visual arts
Male
Yulia
Burdova
Head of the Buromoscow studio
Architecture
Female
Sergey
Burkatovsky
Science fiction writer, game designer, former general producer of Wargaming.net
Video games and software
Male
Ivan
Burlyaev
Actor and film music composer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Igor
Burnyshev
Author-performer, soloist of the Burito group, former member of the "Band'Eros" group, director-producer, TV presenter, clipmaker, actor, DJ
Music
Male
Sergey
Burunov
Actor of theater, cinema, voice acting, and dubbing, parodist, TV presenter
Performing arts
Male
Vera
Butko
Co-founder and chief architect of the ATRIUM bureau
Architecture
Female
Vasily
Bychkov
Founder and CEO of the company "Expo-Park".
Publishing and new media
Male
Yulia
Bychkova
Director of the art park "Nikola-Lenivets", producer of the International Festival of Landscape Objects "Archstoyanie"
Architecture
Female
Inna
Vaksenburg
Artistic director of a plastic theater in Moscow, author of scripts, composer, director-stager of dramatic plastic performances and musicals
Performing arts
Female
Vladimir
Varenik
Founder of the Indie Go community of independent game developers and CEO of Mensa VR, one of the founders of the Video Game Industry Development Organization
Video games and software
Vladimir
Varnava
Dancer, choreographer, and director, two-time winner of the "Golden Mask" award
Performing arts
Male
Georgy
Vartanyan
Artist, member of the Eurasian Union of Artists, winner of the international exhibition of symbolic art "ArtDen".
Visual arts
Male
Yulia
Vasilevskaya
Creator of the Wave Yulia brand
Fashion
Female
Sergey
Vasilyev
Director of the series "Cyber Village"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Tatyana
Vasileva
Head of the Costume Design Department at the National Institute of Design
Fashion
Female
Vadim
Vereshchagin
General Director of "Central Partnership", producer of more than 40 films
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alena
Verin-Galitskaya
Musicologist, journalist, and vocalist-performer of the latest academic repertoire
Music
Female
Grigory
Vernik
Actor of films and TV series, TV presenter
Performing arts
Male
Gleb
Vizel
Head of the subject design workshop, associate professor of the Environment and Interior Design Department at the National Institute of Design, head of Vizel Design studio
Design
Male
Natalia
Vizel
Chair of the Environment and Interior Design Department at the National Institute of Design
Design
Female
Tatyana
Vikulova
Artist, member of the Eurasian Union of Artists, member of the International Art Fund.
Visual arts
Female
Darya
Vitan
Member of the Expert Council on Culture of the Youth Parliament at the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, TV presenter on the "Carousel" channel, actress, director, playwright
Performing arts
Female
Vasily
Vishnyakov
CEO of internet agency Bquadro
Advertising
Male
Larisa
Vladimirova
Designer for the LESEL brand
Fashion
Female
Eva
Vlasova
Artist of the MSHX Label music label, founded and produced by the musician and former soloist of the popular duo "2Mashi"
Music
Female
Ruslan
Wolfson
Puppet theater artist, director, screenwriter
Performing arts
Male
Pavel
Volya
Artist of conversational genre (stand-up), TV presenter, poet, actor, singer, former participant of Comedy Club
Performing arts
Male
Valeriy
Vorona
Violinist and music teacher, public figure, Ph.D. of Art Criticism, rector of the M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov State Music Pedagogical Institute
Music
Male
Alexey
Vorontsov
CEO of "Vorontsov Architect Bureau"
Architecture
Male
Denis
Vsesvyatsky
Director of the TV channel "2x2"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Ruslan
Vyaltsev
Digital artist, art director of the 2MRW studio.
Visual arts
Male
Grigorius
Gavalidi
Head of the architectural bureau GAFA
Architecture
Male
Kirill
Gavrilin
Exhibition curator, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia.
Visual arts
Male
Maria
Gavrish
Founder of the Mollen home textile brand
Fashion
Female
Natalia
Gavruk-Gavrilina
Program director of the "KARO.Art" project and the "KARO" cinema network
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Polina
Gagarina
Pop singer, actress in film, television, dubbing, and dubbing, composer, and photo model
Music
Female
Alexander
Gagiev
Director of interaction with creative industries and talents at "SberZvuk"
Music
Male
Giya
Gagua
Associate Professor of the Department of Directing of Theatrical Performances, well-known humorist, showman, and singer, People's Artist of Russia
Performing arts
Male
Sergey
Galanin
Rock musician, poet, composer and singer, vocalist, guitarist, founder of the groups "Ser'Ga", "Brigadiers" and "Gulliver", member of the groups "Brigada C" and VIA "Rare Bird"
Music
Male
Ida
Galich
TV presenter, video blogger, author of the eponymous YouTube channel Galich Ida.
Publishing and new media
Female
Vasilisa
Galsanova
Leading director, actress, artist, founder of the art attic "Mamin Theater"
Performing arts
Female
Irina
Galushkina
Dance teacher at the Acting Faculty of the Moscow Art Theater School
Performing arts
Female
Anna
Galtsova
Director of the theater "MKAT (Youth Chamber Theater)"
Performing arts
Female
Varvara
Gaponenko
Director of the art attic "Mamin Theater"
Performing arts
Female
Kirill
Gasilin
Designer, founder of the Cyrille Gassiline brand
Fashion
Male
Ekaterina
Gayur
Co-founder of the 2MOOD brand
Fashion
Female
Ilyas
Gayazov
Creator and member of the musical duo GAYAZOV$ BROTHER$
Music
Male
Timur
Gayazov
Creator and member of the musical duo GAYAZOV$ BROTHER$
Music
Male
Artem
Geller
Ideologist and creator of the "Design Weekend" public educational project, co-founder and CEO of the SMENA design studio
Design
Male
Andrey
Gelmeza
CEO of the Moscow International Book Fair.
Publishing and new media
Male
Sergey
Georgievsky
Founder and CEO of the Strategic Development Agency "CENTER"
Architecture
Male
Alexander
Gerasimov
Film producer, general director of the film company "Master-Film", chairman of the Commission for Animated Films and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Darya
Gerasimova
Artist-illustrator, poetess, art historian, author of popular children's books.
Publishing and new media
Female
Sergey
Gilev
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Sergey
Gil
CEO of "KVR-GROUP"
Architecture
Male
Ildar
Giridhari
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, artistic director of the musical collective Ensemble Suffiks, interpreter of ethnic music
Music
Male
Georgiy
Gitis
General Director and Artistic Director of the animation studio "Skazka", executive producer of the film company "STV", director of animated films
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexey
Giyazov
Director of marketing, design, and customer acquisition at "Alfa-Bank"
Advertising
Male
Artemiy
Gladchenko
Deputy General Director for Marketing and Digital Marketing Director of the "Friday!" channel
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Liliya
Glazova
Owner and CEO of analytical company PR News
Advertising
Female
Alina
Glazun
Artist, with works represented in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation, Stiftung Arina Kowner, and Aksenov Family Foundation.
Visual arts
Female
Sergey
Glubokin
Deputy Chief Architect of Moscow
Architecture
Male
Sergey
Gnedovsky
Vice-President of the Union of Architects of Russia, CEO of LLC "Architecture and Cultural Policy PNKB"
Architecture
Male
Andrey
Gnezdilov
Deputy director and lead architect of the "Ostozhenka" bureau
Architecture
Male
Yulia
Gnezdilova
Deputy head of the department for supporting the literary process, book exhibitions and reading propaganda at the Department of State Support of Periodicals and Book Industry of the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia.
Publishing and new media
Female
Evgeny
Golovin
Creative producer of the studio "Parovoz"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Marina
Golomazdina
Co-founder of the 12 Storeez brand
Fashion
Female
Dmitry
Golub
Graphic and font designer, founder and head of bolditalic.type.school – a school of font design
Design
Male
Alexey
Golubev
Clipmaker, director, producer, founder of the international film production company MAG Film Moscow
Music
Male
Ksenia
Golubeva
Head of the urban environment development department of "Дом.рф"
Architecture
Female
Sergey
Golubkin
Director of the board game publishing house "GEMENOT", founder of the digital game studios "Blue Raccoons" and Comrade Bear Games, gamification expert
Video games and software
Male
Elizaveta
Golman
Owner of the RIVA gallery of contemporary interior painting.
Visual arts
Female
Pavel
Goncharov
CEO of ANO "Moscow Urban Forum"
Architecture
Male
Alexey
Goreslevsky
CEO of the Internet Development Institute
Video games and software
Male
Vladimir
Gorlinsky
Composer, improviser, author of spatial compositions and sound installations
Music
Male
Varvara
Gornostaeva
Publisher, head of the "Corpus" publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Female
Pavel
Gorodnitsky
Blogger, founder of the "Palach" website.
Publishing and new media
Male
Alexander
Gorokhov
Film producer of "Konyok-Gorbunok", "Po Shchuchyemu Veleniyu", "Vremya Pervykh"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Anastasia
Gorshkova
Electronic comics artist.
Visual arts
Female
Dmitry
Granov
First Deputy General Director of "STS Media", general director of more.tv, member of the Russian Television Academy
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Gleb
Grachikov
Designer for the GRANDPRIX clothing brand
Fashion
Male
Yana
Gretsova
Editor-in-chief of the "Bel Lettre" publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Female
Evgeny
Grigoryev
Documentary filmmaker, theater director, screenwriter, creative producer, president of the Guild of Non-fiction Cinema and Television of Russia, board member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Yuriy
Grigoryan
Architect, founder and partner of the bureau "Meganom"
Architecture
Male
Ivan
Grinkevich
Head of Development and Support at Webit, owner of PHPDev.ORG, co-founder of HireForYou.Pro
Video games and software
Male
Evgeny
Grishkovets
Playwright, director, film actor, musician, writer, TV presenter
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Yuri
Grymov
Theater and film director, screenwriter, producer, artistic director of the theater "Modern" and the studio "YUG", academician of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts "Nika"
Performing arts
Male
Natalya
Gudovich
Artist, art director of the "Roof" gallery.
Visual arts
Female
Vova
Gudym
Dancer, one of the main choreographers of the TV show "Dance on TNT"
Performing arts
Male
Olesya
Gurzhiy
Head of Event Marketing Department at Progression Group
Advertising
Female
Sergey
Gurov
Freelance designer, planner, consultant, working with websites and interfaces
Design
Male
Igor
Gurovich
Graphic artist, poster designer, co-founder of Ostengruppe design bureau
Design
Male
Pavel
Gusev
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Metacorp holding
Video games and software
Male
Anatoly
Gusev
Book designer, member of the Russian Designers Union, academician of the Academy of Graphic Design
Design
Male
Nidjat
Guseynov
Designer, released a series of 3D figurine visualizations "Typical Muscovites"
Design
Male
Dmitry
Davidenko
Head of the Cinema Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Tigran
Danielyan
Architect, co-founder of the architectural bureau .ket
Architecture
Male
Maria
Danilova
Theater artist, nominee for the "Golden Mask" award
Performing arts
Female
