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.

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Yana

Nedzvetskaya

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

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Pavel

Nedostoev

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

Advertising

Male

Vyacheslav

Nesterov

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

Visual arts

Male

Maxim

Nesterovich

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

Performing arts

Male

Mikhail

Nikatin

Artist, works in the genre of painting and graphics.

Visual arts

Male

Lyudmila

Nikishina

Creative Director and founder of the Luda Nikishina brand

Fashion

Female

Evgeny

Nikishov

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

Alexey

Nikolaev

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

Dmitry

Nikolaev

Creative Director at BBDO Moscow

Advertising

Male

Oleg

Novikov

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

Lyubov

Nurmukhambetova

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

Video games and software

Female

Vladislav

Oblasov

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

Architecture

Male

Vera

Obolonkina

Chief editor of the Carousel TV channel

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Leonid

Ovrutsky

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

Music

Male

Rodion

Ovchinnikov

Actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Eduard

Oganesyan

Director, screenwriter, film producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Egor

Odintsov

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

Dmitry

Olenin

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

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Valentin

Olshvang

Art director, animation director, animation artist

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Maria

Oparina

CEO of the "Pervoe Muzikalnoe" label

Music

Female

Andrey

Ordin

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

Maxim

Orlov

Art director and founder of ONY agency

Design

Male

Max

Orlov

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

Yaroslav

Orlov

Creative Director at Instinct agency

Advertising

Male

Olesya

Orlova

CEO of the PROfashion magazine.

Publishing and new media

Female

Natalya

Orlova

Animation director, screenwriter, and art director, animation artist

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Natalya

Osipova

Philologist, founder of the Creative Writing School Literary Workshops.

Publishing and new media

Female

Ilya

Oskolkov-Tsentsiper

Founder of the consulting company "Tsentsiper"

Architecture

Male

Georgy

Ostretsov

Artist, designer, author of performances.

Visual arts

Male

Victoria

Ostrovskaya

Screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Ekaterina

Pavelko

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

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Andrey

Pavlov

Creator of the Zenden brand

Fashion

Male

Nikolay

Palazhchenko

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

Oksana

Paley

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

Design

Female

Elena

Panasenko

Independent manager and producer, artistic director of Dancehelp.ru

Performing arts

Female

Alexander

Panin

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

Architecture

Male

Elena

Panteleeva

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

Design

Female

Marina

Panfilenko

Designer, founder of the Panfil hair accessories brand

Fashion

Female

Elena

Parshina

Gallery owner, founder of the PA gallery.

Visual arts

Female

Andrey

Paukov

Co-founder and Production Director of creative agency Zebra Hero

Advertising

Male

Dmitry

Pevtsov

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

Mark

Pekarsky

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

Music

Male

Victor

Pelevin

Soviet and Russian writer, essayist.

Publishing and new media

Male

Tikhon

Pendyurin

Producer of the independent film company "Kosmofilm"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Pavel

Peppershtein

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

Visual arts

Male

Nikolay

Pere

Founder and Creative Director of Bonnie&Slide Presentation Academy

Advertising

Male

Ilya

Perevedentsev

Head of Superdesigners studio

Design

Male

Alexander

Peremyatov

Founder of the Slava Concept designer department stores

Fashion

Male

Maxim

Perlin

Managing Partner at BlackLight Creative Communications agency

Advertising

Male

Natalya

Petrova

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

Performing arts

Female

Darya

Petrova

Product Manager at Onesy

Advertising

Female

Garik

Petrosyan

Stand-up comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Zlata

Pechkovskaya

Designer of the Zlata Peczkowska jewelry brand

Fashion

Female

Alina

Pinskaya

Founder of the ALINA PINSKY GALLERY.

Visual arts

Female

Evgeny

Pisarev

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

Performing arts

Male

Darya

Pisarenkova

Sound director of the Voices Studio

Music

Female

Pavel

Platonov

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

Architecture

Male

Serezha

Plash

Designer, author of the Webdesignbasics Telegram channel

Design

Male

Vladimir

Plotkin

Architect, chief architect of TPO "Reserve"

Architecture

Male

Vladimir

Podgortsky

Composer of film music, director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Sergey

Podosinov

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

Ira

Podrez

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

Advertising

Female

Mikhail

Polyanin

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

Publishing and new media

Male

Maria

Pomelova

Architect, co-founder of "Bureau Chekharda"

Architecture

Female

Irena

Ponaroshku

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

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Maxim

Ponomarev

Creative Director, Partner at Friends Moscow

Advertising

Male

Alexey

Ponomar

Publisher of media "Lifehacker".

Publishing and new media

Male

Veronika

Ponomaryova-Korzhevskaya

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

Visual arts

Female

Sergey

Popkov

Managing Partner, Program Director at Skillbox educational platform

Video games and software

Male

Sergey

Popov

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

Visual arts

Male

Pyotr

Popov

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

Nikolay

Popov

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

Andrey

Popov

Creative Director at Friends Moscow

Advertising

Male

Alexey

Portnov

Editor of the AST publishing house.

Publishing and new media

Male

Galina

Preobrazhenskaya

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

Music

Female

Pavel

Priluchny

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

Performing arts

Male

Varvara

Prozorova

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

Visual arts

Female

Roman

Prygunov

Film director, screenwriter, music video director, advertising director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Anita

Pudikova

Ballet artist, model, actress, choreographer-stager

Performing arts

Female

Ekaterina

Pshenitsina

Director of business development at Soyuzmultfilm studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Mark

Radovsky

Founder of the MARK RODOVSKY (Marcelo Miracles) brand

Fashion

Male

Anton

Radus

Lead Game Designer at Dreamside Interactive, lecturer at HSE

Video games and software

Male

Konstantin

Raikin

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

Yaroslav

Rassadin

Designer, author of publications on design history

Design

Male

Alexandra

Rebenok

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

Andrey

Reduto

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

Video games and software

Male

Andrey

Reznikov

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

Music

Male

Alexandra

Remizova

Film producer, director, screenwriter

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Natalya

Remish

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

Publishing and new media

Female

Ekaterina

Reshetnikova

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

Performing arts

Female

Kirill

Richter

Pianist, neoclassical composer, representative of musical minimalism

Music

Male

Alexander

Rogov

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

Fashion

Male

Natalya

Rodikova

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

Publishing and new media

Female

Andrey

Rodnoy

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

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Alexey

Rozhkov

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

Music

Male

Savva

Rozanov

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

Music

Male

Alexander

Rozenblat

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

Music

Male

Dmitry

Rozov

Chief architect of the architectural and construction bureau "ARTFORMA"

Architecture

Male

Oleg

Roy

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

Publishing and new media

Male

Alisa and Yulia

Ruban

Founders of the RUBAN clothing brand

Fashion

Female