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.
Gennadiy
Tishchenko
Animation director, film director, artist, and screenwriter
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Bulyash
Todaeva
Industrial designer, sustainable development engineer, founder of Zerowaste.lab laboratory
Design
Female
Dimitr
Todorov
General Director of Greenwich Production (advertising, videos, animation)
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Egor
Tomsky
Art Director, head of the previsualization and virtual production studio Watt
Video games and software
Male
Yulia
Tonkonogova
Owner, creator and publisher of the Chips journal media, "NEN" and "Our Children".
Publishing and new media
Female
Max
Toropov
Graffiti artist.
Visual arts
Male
Maria
Tregubova
Set designer, teacher at the directing faculty of RATI-GITIS
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Yulia
Tretyakova
Designer, watercolor artist, teacher, member of the Union of Watercolorists of Russia and the World Watercolor Society.
Visual arts
Female
Oleg
Trofim
Film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Boris
Trofimov
Founder of the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design, head of the graphic design course at the Institute of Business and Design
Design
Male
Elina
Tuktamysheva
Interior and object designer, founder and curator of the "Trin*Trava" exhibition, founder of the "Russian Style Codes" author's school
Design
Female
Oleg
Tumanov
Creative Director at Geometry Global agency
Advertising
Male
Sergey
Turko
Editor-in-chief of the Alpina Publisher publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Male
Sergey
Tushev
Co-founder of the eco-center "Sborka"
Fashion
Male
Stas
Tyrkin
Film critic for the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda and program director of film festivals
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Eleonora
Tyurina
Marketer, SMM lecturer
Advertising
Female
Narine
Tyutcheva
Architect, organizer of the "Rozhdestvenka" bureau, professor at the "MARCH" school, founder of the "Re-school"
Architecture
Female
Vladislav
Tyutyunikov
Director of Visual Communications at Rambler Group
Advertising
Male
Sergey
Uvarov
Musicologist, Ph.D. of Art Criticism, member of the Union of Composers of Russia and the Russian Musical Union, member of the board of the Youth Department of the Union of Composers of Russia (MolOt).
Music
Male
Artem
Ukropov
Architect, partner of the architectural bureau Megabudka
Architecture
Male
Alexander
Ustinov
CEO of BeaversBrothers, designer
Design
Male
Darya
Ustinova
CEO of the ARTPLAY Design Center
Design
Female
Svetlana
Ustinova
Actress of theater and cinema, film director, screenwriter, and producer
Performing arts
Female
Vyacheslav
Utochkin
Co-founder and General Producer of GEEKY HOUSE game company, guest lecturer at HSE Business School
Video games and software
Male
Dmitry
Utrobin
CEO of the MIF publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Male
Maria
Utrobina
Artist, stage designer, head of the Department of Stage Design Technology at the School-Studio of the Moscow Art Theater.
Visual arts
Female
Laysan
Utyasheva
TV presenter, host of shows like "Dance" on TNT, "Survive in Dubai", "Survive in Samarkand, Delicious with Lyaysan
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Mikhail
Faustov
Program director of the book festival "Kitovras", organizer of reading championships among adults "Open Mouth" and among high school students "Page".
Publishing and new media
Male
Petr
Fedorov
Actor of theater and cinema, director, and screenwriter
Performing arts
Male
Alexey
Fedorov
Executive Creative Director at BBDO Moscow
Advertising
Male
Valeriy
Fedorovich
Founder of the independent film company "Mesto Sily"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Viktor
Fedoseev
Curator at the BFМ Studio, producer of the Big Cartoon Festival
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Marina
Fedunkiv
Comedy actress of cinema and television, singer
Performing arts
Female
Alexey
Filatov
Dean of the Game Analytics Faculty at GeekBrains, Chief Analytics Officer at PlayCore
Video games and software
Male
Vasily
Filatov
Sound designer, composer, founder of the Sound Design Institute.
Music
Male
Asya
Filippova
Director of the Center for Creative Industries "Fabrika".
Visual arts
Female
Svetlana
Filippova
Illustrator, animation film director, teacher at the SHAR School-Studio
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Evgeniya
Filippova
Founder of the online store Front
Fashion
Female
Olga
Filipyk
General Director of Yandex Studio, Director of Content at Yandex Media Services, member of the Russian Television Academy
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Alexey
Filkov
Gallerist, creative director of ChN.
Visual arts
Male
Alexander
Florensky
Artist, book illustrator, author of illustrations for the cult trilogy by Sergei Dovlatov.
Visual arts
Male
Dmitry
Fokin
CEO of CarX Technologies
Video games and software
Male
Victor
Fomin
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
Andrey
Fomin
Actor of theater and cinema, producer, promoter, showman, TV presenter
Performing arts
Male
Marusya
Fomina
Actress of theater and cinema, model
Performing arts
Female
Larisa
Fortuna
Founder and Managing Partner of integrated communications agency BEETL
Advertising
Female
Alexey
Frandetti
Chief director of the Lenkom Theater of Mark Zakharov, actor, artist, author of poetic translations
Performing arts
Male
Alexander
Furaev
Co-founder of back2work agency
Advertising
Male
Pavel
Fedorov
Manager of digital publishing "REDACTOZAUR".
Publishing and new media
Male
Anna
Khavkina
Head of PR Department at creative studio FACES&LACES
Advertising
Female
Oleg
Khazhinsky
Commercial Director of Bandai Namco in Russia, Central, and Eastern Europe
Video games and software
Male
Roza
Khairullina
Actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation
Performing arts
Female
Anar
Khalilov
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Dmitry
Hankin
Founder of the "Triumph" gallery.
Visual arts
Male
Garik
Kharlamov
Humorist, TV host, actor in film and television, singer, participant, and host of the Comedy Club TV show
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andronik
Khachiyan
Art director of the club "Dom 16" and the DOS music school, actor at the "Theatre.doc" and creator of the Hodíla ízba collective, creative producer.
Music
Male
Karina
Khimchinskaya
Designer and founder of the KARINA KHIMCHINSKAYA brand
Fashion
Female
Boris
Khlebnikov
Film director, screenwriter, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Konstantin
Khodnev
Architect, CEO and partner of the architectural group DNKag
Architecture
Male
Konstantin
Khodnev
Architect, CEO and partner of the architectural group DNKag
Architecture
Male
Svetlana
Khodchenkova
Actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of Russia
Performing arts
Female
Vera
Kholmova
Designer and founder of the Sorelle brand
Fashion
Female
Victor
Khomenko
Illustrator designer, created projects for "Yandex Taxi", "Tinkoff Magazine", S7 and "MegaFon"
Design
Male
Ivan
Khokhlov
Co-founder and director of the 12 Storeez brand
Fashion
Male
Alexander
Khramtsov
Art director
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Artem
Tsaregorodtsev
Co-founder, Creative Director of Zebra Hero
Advertising
Male
Alexander
Tsekalo
Showman, TV presenter, actor, singer, director, screenwriter, and producer, founder and general producer of the production company "Sreda"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Nina
Tseleva
Managing partner of the architectural bureau "Artforma"
Architecture
Female
Vasily
Tsereteli
Executive director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and Vice President of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Visual arts
Male
Lyudmila
Tsoy
Acting Deputy Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow
Video games and software
Female
Emma
Tsugunyan
Artist, works are held in private collections in Russia, Austria, Italy, and France.
Visual arts
Female
Tatyana
Tsyvareva
Producer, host, general director, and producer of the Carousel channel
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Evgeny
Tsyganov
Actor of theater, cinema, and dubbing, theater and film director, screenwriter, composer, laureate of the Government Prize of the Russian Federation
Performing arts
Male
Alexander
Tsypkin
Writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, creator of the literary-theatrical project "Besprincipniye Readers".
Publishing and new media
Male
Maria
Chaklin
Co-founder and Creative Director of After Agency
Advertising
Female
Igor
Chapurin
Russian fashion designer, founder of the fashion house Chapurin
Fashion
Male
Danil
Chashchin
Theater and film director, member of the Guild of Theater Directors of Russia
Performing arts
Male
Dmitry
Chebotarev
Actor of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Male
Lusya
Chebotina
Singer, songwriter, actress.
Music
Female
Yaroslav
Chevazhevskiy
Director of advertising videos, Academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising
Advertising
Male
Polina
Cherpovitskaya
Founder of the RECYCLED OBJECT brand of jewelry made from recycled materials
Fashion
Female
Andrey
Chetverikov
CEO of the company "Macrofabrika"
Architecture
Male
Vladimir
Chibisov
Commercial director of the Soyuzmultfilm studio
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Ksenia
Chilingarova
Creator of the BADLON magazine, creative director and co-founder of the Arctic Explorer winter clothing brand.
Publishing and new media
Female
Elena
Chinakova
Lead designer for social media at Avito
Design
Female
Anna
Chipovskaya
Actress of theater and cinema, laureate of the Presidential Prize of the Russian Federation for Young Cultural Workers
Performing arts
Female
Kirill
Chirkov
Russian digital artist.
Visual arts
Male
Sergey
Choban
Architect, head of the architectural workshop "SPEECH"
Architecture
Male
Georgiy
Shabanov
General Director of All Media company, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Anton
Shavkero
Director of advertising clips for VK, Sberbank, Citymobil, Kaspersky, and others
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andrey
Shavkero
Director, screenwriter
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Nino
Shamatava
Co-founder of the USHATÁVA brand
Fashion
Female
Elena
Shanovich
Graphic designer, art director, specialist in television marketing, design, and promotion. Brand manager at NMG, head of NMG Design, academician of the Russian Television Academy
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Alexander
Sharygin
Advisor to the president of the Moscow branch of the International Academy of Architecture
Architecture
Male
Denis
Shevedov
TV presenter, theater actor, film, television, and dubbing actor, announcer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Lika
Shevchenko
Teacher at the Department of Contemporary Choreography and Stage Dance of GITIS, choreographer-stager of the TV show "Circus", "Circus with the Stars"
Performing arts
Female
Lili
Sheroziya
Producer, former CEO of the TV-3 company
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Sergey
Shestepyorov
Choreographer, producer, mentor in the program "Dance" on TNT
Performing arts
Male
Alexandra
Shipetina
Head of the artistic department of the Eksmo publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Female
Ksenia
Shipilova
Blogger, founder of the Aesthetiks Beauty Group brand house and Keep Looking beauty salons
Fashion
Female
