industry leaders

Director, screenwriter, producer, art director, designer, and creative director of the brand MISSLO

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Dean of Event Marketing Faculty at Moscow Advanced Communication School (MACS)

Advertising

Male

Artist, known for his irony exploring Russian social and cultural reality.

Visual arts

Male

Dancer, choreographer-stager, winner of the show "Dance on TNT"

Performing arts

Male

Artist, works in the genre of painting and graphics.

Visual arts

Male

Creative Director and founder of the Luda Nikishina brand

Fashion

Female

Founder of the independent film company "Mesto Sily", former head of the 1-2-3 Production film company, former director of the TV channel "TV-3", former deputy general producer of the TNT channel, producer, screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Founder and leading expert of the consulting bureau InSimple, lecturer at RMA Business School, Sound Design Institute, and the Moscow International University, former music editor of the TV channels "MUZ-TV" and "NTV+"

Music

Male

Creative Director at BBDO Moscow

Advertising

Male

Publisher, president and controlling shareholder of the Eksmo-AST publishing group, co-owner of the company "New Book - Bookworm", publisher of "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber".

Publishing and new media

Male

Game designer, lead artist, and co-founder of Baba Yaga Games

Video games and software

Female

Co-founder of the project "[WAVE LENGTH]", practicing lighting designer, founder of the architectural and construction bureau Raum

Architecture

Male

Chief editor of the Carousel TV channel

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Leader of the musical group "Quatro," Russia's golden voice and baritone, blogger

Music

Male

Actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Director, screenwriter, film producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

General Director and co-founder of the film company "Ark Pictures", founder of the Fund for the Support and Development of Jewish Cinema "Kovcheg", founder and general producer of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival, member of the Guild of Producers of Russia

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Radio host, DJ, showman, host of various TV shows

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Art director, animation director, animation artist

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

CEO of the "Pervoe Muzikalnoe" label

Music

Female

Advisor to the President of the Russian Designers Union on youth programs, founder and producer of the exhibition-forum "Excellent!", member of the expert council of the Moscow Agency of Creative Industries

Design

Male

Art director and founder of ONY agency

Design

Male

Radio host at Russkoe Radio, VJ at RuTV and Russian MusicBox, voice of channels such as STS, Perets, Domashniy, stadiums like Otkritie Arena, Luzhniki

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Creative Director at Instinct agency

Advertising

Male

CEO of the PROfashion magazine.

Publishing and new media

Female

Animation director, screenwriter, and art director, animation artist

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Philologist, founder of the Creative Writing School Literary Workshops.

Publishing and new media

Female

Founder of the consulting company "Tsentsiper"

Architecture

Male

Artist, designer, author of performances.

Visual arts

Male

Screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Costume designer in cinema, stylist, fashion director at Esquire Russia magazine (2008–2018)

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Creator of the Zenden brand

Fashion

Male

Art dealer, art manager, art historian, creator and curator of the "Art Management and Gallery Business" faculty at RMA school, representative of the international art fair Art Basel in Russia.

Visual arts

Male

Art director of Omsky studio, teacher at the Higher School of Economics Design School, graphic designer

Design

Female

Independent manager and producer, artistic director of Dancehelp.ru

Performing arts

Female

Director of the Geodemography and Spatial Development Center of Moscow State University, managing partner of the company "Kartfond"

Architecture

Male

Director of Development at the National Center for Industrial Design and Innovation "2050.LAB"

Design

Female

Designer, founder of the Panfil hair accessories brand

Fashion

Female

Gallery owner, founder of the PA gallery.

Visual arts

Female

Co-founder and Production Director of creative agency Zebra Hero

Advertising

Male

Actor of theater and cinema, singer, musician, teacher, People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Percussionist, conductor, head of the percussion ensemble, professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Music

Male

Soviet and Russian writer, essayist.

Publishing and new media

Male

Producer of the independent film company "Kosmofilm"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Artist, theorist of contemporary art, one of the founders of the art group "Inspection 'Medical Hermeneutics'".

Visual arts

Male

Founder and Creative Director of Bonnie&Slide Presentation Academy

Advertising

Male

Head of Superdesigners studio

Design

Male

Founder of the Slava Concept designer department stores

Fashion

Male

Managing Partner at BlackLight Creative Communications agency

Advertising

Male

Professor at the M.S. Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Female

Product Manager at Onesy

Advertising

Female

Stand-up comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Designer of the Zlata Peczkowska jewelry brand

Fashion

Female

Founder of the ALINA PINSKY GALLERY.

Visual arts

Female

Theater actor and director, theater teacher, artistic director of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theater, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Sound director of the Voices Studio

Music

Female

Architect working with public art, co-owner of the Fork Production manufacturing

Architecture

Male

Designer, author of the Webdesignbasics Telegram channel

Design

Male

Architect, chief architect of TPO "Reserve"

Architecture

Male

Composer of film music, director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Founder of the Gentle Music label and studio, bass guitarist of T-Fest, producer of indie projects Joker James, Amen 78, The Frotters, "Tripinadva," and others

Music

Male

Founder of PODREZ.ACADEMY digital academy, host of "Wider Check" and "What Else Do You Need?" podcasts

Advertising

Female

Editor-in-chief of the magazine "CODE".

Publishing and new media

Male

Architect, co-founder of "Bureau Chekharda"

Architecture

Female

TV presenter, journalist, blogger, former VJ of MTV Russia

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Creative Director, Partner at Friends Moscow

Advertising

Male

Publisher of media "Lifehacker".

Publishing and new media

Male

Artist, director, poet, author of the multimedia art exhibition "Faces of Mary - Images of Light".

Visual arts

Female

Managing Partner, Program Director at Skillbox educational platform

Video games and software

Male

Gallery owner and art historian, owner of the Pop/off/art contemporary art gallery.

Visual arts

Male

Theater director, permanent director of the international festival-laboratory "Theatrical Studenthood", chairman of the jury of the interregional theater festival "Friends of Melpomene"

Performing arts

Male

Composer, educator, member of the Union of Composers of Russia, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, director of the Center for Electroacoustic Music

Music

Male

Creative Director at Friends Moscow

Advertising

Male

Editor of the AST publishing house.

Publishing and new media

Male

Musicologist, concertmaster, producer, creator, and artistic director of the Moscow International Competition of Young Performers of Russian Romance "Romansyada"

Music

Female

Actor of theater, cinema, and dubbing, TV presenter, producer

Performing arts

Male

Art curator, art historian, co-founder of the Surfacelab art gallery.

Visual arts

Female

Film director, screenwriter, music video director, advertising director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Ballet artist, model, actress, choreographer-stager

Performing arts

Female

Director of business development at Soyuzmultfilm studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Founder of the MARK RODOVSKY (Marcelo Miracles) brand

Fashion

Male

Lead Game Designer at Dreamside Interactive, lecturer at HSE

Video games and software

Male

Actor of theater and cinema, theater teacher and director, dancer, professor, People's Artist of Russia, laureate of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Designer, author of publications on design history

Design

Male

Actress of theater and cinema, leading actress of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov and the Theater on Bronnaya

Performing arts

Female

Co-founder and CEO of the used car sales ad aggregator Haraba

Video games and software

Male

Composer, producer, songwriter, general producer of "Radio Record," winner of the awards "Song of the Year" and "Golden Gramophone"

Music

Male

Film producer, director, screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Writer, journalist, producer, author of the cartoon "Simply About the Main Thing".

Publishing and new media

Female

Dancer, choreographer, concert director, choreographer of TV projects "Star Factory" and "Dance"

Performing arts

Female

Pianist, neoclassical composer, representative of musical minimalism

Music

Male

Stylist, fashion expert, TV presenter, creator of the ROGO clothing brand

Fashion

Male

Editorial director of the magazine "Domashny Ochag" and the website www.goodhouse.ru.

Publishing and new media

Female

Host of Comedy Radio, host of the "Takoye Kino" program on TNT

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Founder of the RNDM Crew association, manager of rapper OG Buda, videographer

Music

Male

Composer, co-founder of the creative association and audio production studio Monoleak, author of the project "Synecdoche Montauk"

Music

Male

Composer, arranger, and pianist, teacher of jazz piano basics at the Gnessin School

Music

Male

Chief architect of the architectural and construction bureau "ARTFORMA"

Architecture

Male

Writer, screenwriter, CEO of Roy Entertainment and Great Frame companies.

Publishing and new media

Male

Founders of the RUBAN clothing brand

Fashion

Female