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.
Asya
Demidova
Art Director at Be easy Kid
Fashion
Female
Sergey
Demchev
Director of the Magic Factory Animation studio
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Anatoly
Denisov
Chief Editor of "Runet Rating" - an interactive platform for choosing leading web studios, mobile developers, SEO companies, and contextual advertising agencies
Video games and software
Male
Nikolay
Denisov
Actor, playwright, and poet, author of song lyrics, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Performing arts
Male
Pavel
Derevyanko
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Vladislav
Derevyannykh
Brand design director at Voskhod Branding
Design
Male
Sergey
Desyatov
Founder and CEO of the ARTPLAY Design Center
Design
Male
Ragim
Dzhafarov
Russian writer, screenwriter.
Publishing and new media
Male
Alexander
Dzhikiya
Head of the "Environment Design" direction at HSE University
Architecture
Male
Laura
Dzhugelia
Founder of the PEOPLETALK project and the Fame Time YouTube channel.
Publishing and new media
Female
Kirill
Didenok
Digital producer, founder of communication agency DIDENOK TEAM
Advertising
Male
Maxim
Dmitriev
Chairman of the board of the Russian Authors' Society, member of the council of the Russian Musical Union, co-owner of Zvonko Group
Music
Male
Valeriy
Dovbnya
Founder of the Kirillitsa studio, producer, screenwriter, and director
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alena
Doletskaya
Russian journalist, publicist, translator, first editor-in-chief of Vogue Russia magazine.
Publishing and new media
Female
Elena
Dolinskaya
Musicologist, Doctor of Art History, professor at the Moscow Conservatory, Merited Figure of Arts of the Russian Federation, music consultant in cinema
Music
Female
Valeriy
Drobyshev
Producer, general director of the Association of Music Industry, general director of the Osuma music management agency and the Fox Rock Fest festival
Music
Male
Andrey
Drozdov
Librarian and head of the Smart Library's Comics Center named after Anna Akhmatova.
Publishing and new media
Male
Egor
Druzhinin
Actor, film director, choreographer, Honored Artist of Russia, master and artistic director of the course of musical theater at the Institute of Contemporary Art, mentor in the show "Dance" on TNT
Performing arts
Male
Alexander
Dudin
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, illustrator, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, professor at VGIK.
Visual arts
Male
Nikolay
Duksin
Director of Music Services at VK
Music
Male
Daria
Durova
Art director of illustration direction at "Palindrom"
Design
Female
Vyacheslav
Dusmukhametov
General producer of the TNT channel, screenwriter
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Nikolay
Dybovsky
Head of Ice-Pick Lodge studio
Video games and software
Male
Anton
Dyakov
Animator, director, screenwriter, artist
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alena
Dyatko
Aesthetic philosopher, researcher, curator and conceptualizer of artistic practices, author and host of the podcast "(Un)easy Philosophy".
Visual arts
Female
Alexey
Dyomin
Director of animated films, head of the animation directing and computer graphics workshop at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, teacher at the School-Studio "SHAR"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Dmitry
Dyomin
Designer, founder of the Dimitry Dёmin brand
Fashion
Male
Fyodor
Elyutin
Impresario, best Moscow theater producer according to "Afisha Daily"
Performing arts
Male
Roman
Emelyanov
General director of the "European Media Group", TV and radio presenter, producer, songwriter
Music
Male
Eduard
Eremchuk
Interior designer, architect, co-founder of EDXXKAT studio
Design
Male
Andrey
Ereshko
Co-founder of the XOVP studio, technical producer, expert in the creation and technical production, development, and application of new VP, VR, XR technologies for multimedia content production
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexander
Efoshkin
Director of Photography, one of the leaders in the virtual production in Russia
Video games and software
Male
Nikita
Efremov
Actor of theater, cinema, voice acting, and dubbing
Performing arts
Male
Egor
Zhgun
Art director of "Studio Artemy Lebedev"
Design
Male
Taras
Zheltyshov
Object designer, creator of collections protected by NFT chip
Design
Male
Sergey
Zhenovach
Founder and artistic director of the theater "Studio of Theatrical Art", director of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov
Performing arts
Male
Alena
Zhigalova
Journalist, host of the YouTube show "Alena, blin!"
Publishing and new media
Female
Yulia
Zhidkova
Creative director of RadugaDesign
Design
Female
Maxim
Zhukov
Director of photography for the films "Major Grom" and "Master and Margarita"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Nikita
Zabelin
Musician, DJ, founder of the Resonance association, host of the eponymous radio program on Studio21, curator of the educational program at the Moscow Music School, and creator of the RESOhub project
Music
Male
Sasha
Zagorsky
Senior art director at branding agency Depot WPF
Design
Male
Maxim
Zadvornov
PR producer, former PR BLACK STAR, former director of artists at the "MUZ-TV" channel
Music
Male
Anastasia
Zadorina
Designer, founder of the anastasiAZadorina and ZASPORT brands
Fashion
Female
Alena
Zaitseva
Architect, partner of the architectural bureau UTRO
Architecture
Female
Natalia
Zaychenko
Architect, founder of the interdisciplinary team NZ-group
Architecture
Female
Roman
Zaripov
Founder of Out Digital agency
Advertising
Male
Grigory
Zaslavsky
Theater critic, rector of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts - GITIS, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Performing arts
Male
Dmitry
Zdesev
Founder and Creative Director of Game Art Pioneers
Video games and software
Male
Nikita
Ziberov
Creator of the Niki.Filini clothing brand
Fashion
Male
Ekaterina
Zinchenko
Founder of the Pure Sense perfume brand
Fashion
Female
Anton
Zlatopolsky
Media manager, film and television producer, public figure
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Irina
Zolina
Producer of independent theater projects, director of the "Electrotheater Stanislavsky"
Performing arts
Female
Alexander
Zolotovitsky
Actor of theater and cinema, musician, drummer of the band Fire Granny
Performing arts
Male
Svetlana
Zorina
Editor-in-chief of the "Book Industry" magazine.
Publishing and new media
Female
Valery
Zrazhevsky
Leading Russian concept artist at 4A Games, head of the Skillbox course "Concept Art in Movies"
Video games and software
Male
Yulia
Zubaryk
Founder of the bureau MASTER'S PLAN
Architecture
Female
Mikhail
Zubko
Screenwriter, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Lev
Zulkarnaev
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Stas
Ivanov
Film director, screenwriter, and producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Vadim
Ivanov
General Director of Atmosfera Kino company
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexey
Ivanov
Russian advertiser, speaker, author of advertising and marketing bestsellers
Advertising
Male
Vladislav
Ivanov
Director of Development Projects at "Thermopol"
Fashion
Male
Callista
Ivanova
Artist, author of exclusive decorative paintings.
Visual arts
Female
Tatyana
Ivanova
CEO of the STAYER ski clothing brand
Fashion
Female
Amir
Idiatullin
Founder and CEO of IND architects
Architecture
Male
Maxim
Iksanov
CEO of the News Media media holding.
Publishing and new media
Male
Alexey
Ilyin
Head of the publishing group "Alpina Publisher".
Publishing and new media
Male
Maxim
Ilyakhov
Writer, rector of the "Design Bureau of Gorbunov" School of Editors, developer of the text checking service "Glavred".
Publishing and new media
Male
Boris
Ilyukhin
Artist, art historian, creator and head of the drawing studio "Old School", member of the Russian Union of Artists.
Visual arts
Male
Ilya
Inozemtsev
Host of the "Plan B" podcast and the Telegram channel on technology and culture "Inozemtsev Thinks".
Publishing and new media
Male
Victoria
Isakova
Actress of theater and cinema, producer, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Government Prize of the Russian Federation, as well as awards such as "Seagull," "Triumph," and "Golden Eagle"
Performing arts
Female
Elena
Isheeva
TV and radio host, journalist, and entrepreneur
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Elizaveta
Ishchenko
Actress
Performing arts
Female
Igor
York
Creator of the IGOR YORK brand of designer bags and accessories
Fashion
Male
Erken
Kagarov
Art director of "Studio Artemy Lebedev"
Design
Male
Ahmet
Kagirov
Art manager, founder of the Surface Lab Art gallery.
Visual arts
Male
Gadzhi
Kadiev
Head of the JUKI representation in Russia
Fashion
Male
Marina
Kameneva
Director of the bookstore "Moscow".
Publishing and new media
Female
Lyalya
Kandaurova
Musician, journalist, author of popular lectures, books, and podcasts on classical music for adults and children
Music
Female
Tina
Kandelaki
Deputy General Director of "Gazprom-Media" and Managing Director of "Gazprom-Media Entertainment Television", General Director of the "TNT" channel
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Anzor
Kankulov
Head of the "Fashion" direction and the HSE Fashion Lab at the School of Design of the Higher School of Economics
Fashion
Male
Roman
Kapella
Sound producer working on music projects in collaboration with Black Star, Timati, Gazgolder, Basta, and "VK Music"
Music
Male
Kirill
Karavaev
Founder of the SLOVODNA brand
Fashion
Male
Timur
Karginov
Stand-up comedian, creative producer, host of the KuJi Podcast.
Publishing and new media
Male
Anton
Karetnikov
Producer, director of the Sacra Nova festival
Music
Male
Roman
Karmanov
Media manager, CEO of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
Publishing and new media
Male
Alexey
Karpenko
Dancer, choreographer-stager
Performing arts
Male
Georgy
Kartvelishvili
Project Director at Paper Planes
Video games and software
Male
Grigory
Kartsev
Stylist, presenter
Fashion
Male
Sergey
Katran
Artist, curator, four-time nominee of the International Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award in the categories "Best Visual Artwork" and "Art in Public Space".
Visual arts
Male
Evgeny
Kashirin
Teacher of "Communication Design" at the Higher School of Economics Design School, brand designer, packaging designer
Design
Male
Emil
Kerimov
Director of the theater "Dirizhabl"
Performing arts
Male
Evgeniya
Kim
Founder of the j.kim brand
Fashion
Female
Ilya
Kireev
Artist, producer, semi-finalist of the "Voice-3" show, creator of the unique music workshop "Creative Workshop of Ilya Kireev"
Music
Male
Rustam
Kireev
Director of artist relations in Yandex entertainment services
Music
Male
Vlad
Kiryukhin
Soloist of the "Moscow Operetta" theater: soloist of the musicals "Monte Cristo," "Count Orlov," and "Anna Karenina"
Performing arts
Male
Alexey
Kiselev
Producer of the "Neb" film company
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Ivan
Kleimenichev
Teacher of "Design" and "Design Typology" disciplines at the Institute of Business and Design, head and founder of Metafora branding studio
Design
Male
Igor
Klepnev
Independent artist, author of album covers for famous musicians
Design
Male
Pavel
Kling
Music video director
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
