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.
Andrey
Lobachevsky
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Vladislav
Loveiko
Producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andrey
Logvin
Poster artist, graphic artist, designer in the field of graphic design and advertising
Design
Male
Marina
Lomteva
Director and scriptwriter of advertising videos
Advertising
Female
Kirill
Lopatinsky
Specialist in emotional visual merchandising and effective visual merchandising, designer, decorator, head of VM FACTORY by Kirill Lopatinsky studio
Design
Male
Konstantin
Loskutov
Sound producer, musician, guitarist
Music
Male
Andrey
Loshkarev
CEO of Cosmotex
Fashion
Male
Nikolay
Lugansky
Pianist and music educator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic
Music
Male
Aita
Luzgina
Project Director at digital agency "Interium"
Advertising
Female
Ilya
Lukashev
Sound engineer and sound director, teacher and curator of the Sound Engineering program at the Moscow Music School, creator of the Waveformers and WaveForum projects
Music
Male
Dmitry
Lukin
Founder and visionary of the F5 esports center and the Langame mobile app
Video games and software
Male
Natalia
Lukomskaya
Conceptual and transformational artist.
Visual arts
Female
Stepan
Lukyanov
Artist, set designer, chief designer of "Stanislavsky Electrotheater", art director of the Moscow Museum of Design
Design
Male
Evgeny
Lyshpin
Artist, specializes in urban portraits.
Visual arts
Male
Pavel
Lyubimtsev
Actor of theater and cinema, TV and radio presenter, reader, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Federation, founder and director of the theater-studio "White Ball"
Performing arts
Male
Elena
Lyadova
Actress, three-time laureate of the "Nika" and "Golden Eagle" awards, winner of the Moscow Film Festival prize for best actress and the "TEFI" award
Performing arts
Female
Natalya
Magidey
Managing Director of SberX, head of Sberbank's startup ecosystem
Video games and software
Female
Mikhail
Mazanov
Project manager at Yandex
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Ekaterina
Mayer
Architect and interior designer, founder of "Katerina Mayer's Architectural Studio"
Architecture
Female
Ivan
Mayt
Artist, art director of Eggsellent and Osome, teacher of the "Commercial Illustration" course at Skillbox.
Visual arts
Male
Slava
Makarov
Independent producer, one of the founders and game designer of World of Tanks
Video games and software
Male
Lev
Makarov
Media manager, Deputy General Director of "STS Media" for new projects, director of the "STS Kids" TV channel, former general director of the "2x2" and "Che" TV channels
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Pavel
Makarov
Sound director, arranger, beatmaker, expert, and music producer at the Sound Academy residency, program curator and speaker Artist Pro, author, and curator of the music program at the Higher School of Economics
Music
Male
Ksenia
Makarchuk
President of the art club "Skolkovo".
Visual arts
Female
Anastasia
Maklaeva
CEO of advertising and marketing agency VIPRO
Advertising
Female
Ivan
Maksimov
Artist, animation director, and author of scripts for cartoons, as well as music videos and commercials
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Maxim
Maksimov
Head of the Textile Department at Konica Minolta
Fashion
Male
Svetlana
Maksimchenko
Director of the Udarnik cinema
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Yulia
Malinina
Artist, which works are held in the museum-exhibition complex "New Jerusalem", the art collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in private collections in Russia and other countries.
Visual arts
Female
Ksenia
Malich
Architectural historian, curator of architectural programs, senior lecturer at HSE University
Architecture
Female
Denis
Maltsev
Executive Producer of King’s Bounty II
Video games and software
Male
Rodion
Mamontov
Co-founder of the Leform concept store
Fashion
Male
Svetlana
Mamontova
Artist, works cover ceramic sculpture, illustration, and graphic design.
Visual arts
Female
Leonid
Margolin
Host of Comedy Radiо, morning host on NTV, winner of the "Radiomania-2015" award in the category "Best Morning Show"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Evgenia
Markova
Top manager, board member of "Roskino"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Vladimir
Marconi
Humorist, one of the authors of the "Reutov TV" show, former host of his own segment on the "Evening Urgant" show, and participant in many humorous YouTube projects
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexey
Martynov
Actor and director of the "Brusnikin Workshop"
Performing arts
Male
Petr
Martyuk
Creative Director at RORE
Advertising
Male
Olga
Masalova
Manager of the "Another Matter" gallery, porcelain restorer.
Visual arts
Female
Alexey
Maslyaev
Curator, cultural studies expert, head of the sector for scientific and methodological work at the educational department of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA).
Visual arts
Male
Boris
Matveev
CEO of the architectural bureau Faber Group
Architecture
Male
Maria
Matveeva
Producer of animation and entertainment projects, Executive Director of the animation studio "Skazka"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Nikolay
Matushevsky
Owner of the design factory "Flacon"
Architecture
Male
Estella
Matyanova
Art director of Heaven Production studio
Design
Female
Boris
Mashkovtsev
Director of the film studio "Soyuzmultfilm"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Nikolay
Megvelidze
Creative Director at BBDO Moscow
Advertising
Male
Lyudmila
Mezentseva
Designer, owner of the "Vereteno" knitwear brand
Fashion
Female
Darya
Melnikova
Actress of theater, cinema, and dubbing
Performing arts
Female
Maria
Melnikova
Creative producer and songwriting curator at the "Music Factory"
Music
Female
Danila
Menshikov
Artist, member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Union of Artists of Russia, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Visual arts
Male
Natalya
Merkulova
Film director and screenwriter of popular films, nominee for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Screenplay
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Vadim
Merlis
Designer and founder of the Vadim Merlis brand
Fashion
Male
Mikhail
Mestetsky
Film director, screenwriter, editor, and composer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andrey
Miguel
CEO of communication agency MIGEL AGENCY
Advertising
Male
Darya
Miguel
Creative Director at MIGEL AGENCY
Advertising
Female
Pavel
Milyukov
Violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, soloist of the St. Petersburg House of Music, teacher at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Music
Male
Maria
Minogarova
Model, blogger, TV presenter, creator and co-host of the show "The day before Yesterday's News".
Publishing and new media
Female
Rustam
Mirasov
Hairstyling stylist
Fashion
Male
Mirelle
Musical performer
Music
Female
Igor
Mirkurbanov
Actor, director, and TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Performing arts
Male
Evgeny
Mironov
Actor of theater and cinema, screenwriter, producer, artistic director of the Theater of Nations
Performing arts
Male
Sofya
Mitrofanova
Media manager, General Director of the video service PREMIER
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Ilya
Mikhailov
Director of Design at Yandex
Design
Male
Alena
Mikhailova
Actress of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Female
Maria
Mikhailova
Head of PR and marketing at Moscow Media company
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Ekaterina
Mikhailova
Producer, General Director of Vega Film
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Olga
Mikhaylovskaya
Co-founder and creative director of the FRONT project
Fashion
Female
Alexander
Mikheev
Product Director at VK Play
Video games and software
Male
Yulia
Mishkuts
Content manager of the "Bookmate" service.
Publishing and new media
Female
Vladimir
Mishukov
Actor, photographer
Performing arts
Male
Alexander
Mogilev
Choreographer, director, producer, choreographer of TV shows "Dance on TNT", "New Dance", and "Big Ballet"
Performing arts
Male
Natalya
Mokritskaya
Producer and film critic, General Director of "Moskovskoye Kino"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Pavel
Molyanov
Head of "Let's Do It" agency
Advertising
Male
Dmitry
Mordvintsev
Designer, head of ABCdesign graphic design studio, co-founder of the publishing project "A+A"
Design
Male
Eya
Mordyakova
Illustrator artist, ceramist, creates animated films, draws comics, paints walls.
Visual arts
Female
Darya
Moroz
Actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, leading actress of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov, twice laureate of the Russian film award "Nika", laureate of the Russian theater award "Golden Mask"
Performing arts
Female
Slava
Morozov
Movie actor
Performing arts
Male
Tatyana
Moseeva
Creative Director at DDB Russia
Advertising
Female
Egor
Moskvitin
Film critic, program director of the "Pilot" series festival, teacher at the Moscow Film School, host of cinema segments on various channels
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Danil
Motin
Producer, director, screenwriter, actor
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Lyubov
Mulmenko
Playwright, screenwriter, journalist, editor
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Alexey
Munipov
Music critic, curator, author of the book "Fermata. Conversations with composers," host of the eponymous podcast and Telegram channel
Music
Male
Madonna
Mur
Journalist, media manager, author of YouTube and Telegram channels MUR, show "Svetskiekroshki", former editor-in-chief of PEOPLETALK.
Publishing and new media
Female
Yuriy
Muravitskiy
Theater director, playwright, actor
Performing arts
Male
Azamat
Musagaliev
TV presenter, humorist, actor
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Rostislav
Musaev
Producer, director
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andrey
Musin
Director of advertising videos, lecturer at Wordshop Academy of Communications
Advertising
Male
Tatyana
Mukhortykh
Art director of digital agency "Palindrom"
Design
Female
Polina
Naboka
Director of short films
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Margarita
Nabokova
CEO of "RIO MUSIC," music producer
Music
Female
Darya
Nagibina
Actress of cinema
Performing arts
Female
Anton
Nadtochiy
Architect, member of the Union of Architects of Moscow, teacher at the "MARCH" school
Architecture
Male
Stanislava
Nazhmitdinova
Founder of the "HQ" fashion business scaling agency
Fashion
Female
Klavdia
Nazarenko
Director of Strategic Planning Department at DDB Russia
Advertising
Female
Vanya
Nanik
Producer and sound producer, founder of Soul Kitchen - collaboration of musicians' performances
Music
Male
Dmitry
Narinsky
Architect, urbanist, academician of the International Academy of Architecture MAAM
Architecture
Male
Zakhar
Nasakin
Actor, director of the "Rap-Theater" project
Performing arts
Male
Sergey
Nasedkin
Chief architect and founder of the companies ARCH.625 and D.O.M.+, professor of the International Academy of Architecture MAAM
Architecture
Male
Anna
Naumova
Art director of the SAMPLE platform and the BLAZAR contemporary art fair.
Visual arts
Female
Ekaterina
Nedzvetskaya
Founder of Netclip agency, multimedia communication specialist, creator
Design
Female
