Ilya Naishuller
Birth : 1983-11-19, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
History
Russian film director, film actor, producer, screenwriter and frontman of the indie rock band Biting Elbows. Father is an oligarch - Viktor Naishuller. From 8 to 14 he studied in London. After returning to Russia, he graduated from the British International School in Yasenevo. Has no higher education. Naishuller dropped out of the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, then entered the university in the state of New York, but did not graduate either. In 2008 he founded the Russian indie rock band Biting Elbows, in which he released two studio albums. In March 2013, he directed the Biting Elbows' "Bad Motherfucker" YouTube video with a total of over 40 million views. In 2015, he directed the action movie Hardcore with Shalto Copley, Hayley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Dariya Charusha and Svetlana Ustinova based on his own script; he also produced and co-directed the TV series «Barvikha». In 2016 he shot a video for The Weeknd's «False Alarm», and in 2017 - for the song of the «Leningrad» group «Kolshchik». Since the summer of 2010, he has been married to actress Dariya Charusha.
Producer
Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which lies a terrible threat. And perhaps the main danger is closer than it seems.
bank manager
Vanya Revzin, in his thirties, despite a gold medal at school and a red diploma from Moscow State University, was at the bottom: his wife went to the CCM in boxing, she was fired from a miserable job in a bank, and before the mortgage for a small studio was closed in a human case, there were years of pain and suffering . In a moment of desperation, Ivan learns that his cunning classmate Kolya has become a successful businessman and announced a competition for high school students with a multi-million dollar prize fund. Vanya, who looks much younger than his years, and to whom even alcohol is sold only with a passport, decides on a scam. He shaves off his beard, forges documents and goes to the competition with the confidence that life experience will easily overcome youth.
Producer
Vanya Revzin, in his thirties, despite a gold medal at school and a red diploma from Moscow State University, was at the bottom: his wife went to the CCM in boxing, she was fired from a miserable job in a bank, and before the mortgage for a small studio was closed in a human case, there were years of pain and suffering . In a moment of desperation, Ivan learns that his cunning classmate Kolya has become a successful businessman and announced a competition for high school students with a multi-million dollar prize fund. Vanya, who looks much younger than his years, and to whom even alcohol is sold only with a passport, decides on a scam. He shaves off his beard, forges documents and goes to the competition with the confidence that life experience will easily overcome youth.
suspect
For more than 10 years, Russian police forces have tried to stop the country’s smartest and most wanted serial killer. But even when he gets caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly personal between the detective and the suspect.
Music
Adapt to the tastes of the audience and lose the identity of your work.
Adapt to the tastes of the audience and lose the identity of your work.
Director
Adapt to the tastes of the audience and lose the identity of your work.
Hitman Anatoly
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Director
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Writer
Hoping to change her life, Marina, a small town girl, embarks on a journey to a life coaching event. But an unexpected delay at a St. Petersburg airport sends her on a 24 hour comedic spree, which may ultimately provide her with the key to her happiness.
Producer
Hoping to change her life, Marina, a small town girl, embarks on a journey to a life coaching event. But an unexpected delay at a St. Petersburg airport sends her on a 24 hour comedic spree, which may ultimately provide her with the key to her happiness.
sleeping guy at party (uncredited)
There's two great loves in Anya's life, her athlete boyfriend Zhenya and food. Zhenya is not happy how Anya has been gaining weight due to her eating habits and decides to dump her. But Anya doesn't want to give up and decides to get rid of excess weight with the help of Nikolai, an overweight man obsessed with the healthy living.
Producer
There's two great loves in Anya's life, her athlete boyfriend Zhenya and food. Zhenya is not happy how Anya has been gaining weight due to her eating habits and decides to dump her. But Anya doesn't want to give up and decides to get rid of excess weight with the help of Nikolai, an overweight man obsessed with the healthy living.
Art Direction
Abdul, a young driver from Central Asia, forgets all his previous problems, when a pregnant Lena jumps into his yellow taxi, with her waters about to burst. First, the young man must learn to answer to the name 'Misha' (Lena is used to it), and then - deliver the baby in extreme conditions, that is - an ordinary Moscow traffic jam. Participants in the congestion, including one foreigner and one pensioner, also have to take part in the operation. 'Good Day' is the directorial debut of singer and actress Dasha Charusha in the short romantic comedy genre.
Director
Going on in reverse this music video reveals step by step a bizarre chain reaction of catastrophic events in an ordinary Russian circus.
Screenplay
Ilya Naishuller's short for the Saatchi and Saatchi's 25x25 one-minute shorts collection.
Director
Ilya Naishuller's short for the Saatchi and Saatchi's 25x25 one-minute shorts collection.
Writer
First-person music film about an intense robbery and the trouble that comes with that violence.
Director
First-person music film about an intense robbery and the trouble that comes with that violence.
Producer
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Timothy / Higher-Self Merc / Henry
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Screenplay
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Director
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Additional Music
Loveable losers Deet and Bax, best friends and struggling weedpreneurs, unknowingly help Amanda an undercover Agent infiltrate a South American Drug Cartel and cross paths with an eccentric billionaire.
Compositors
Loveable losers Deet and Bax, best friends and struggling weedpreneurs, unknowingly help Amanda an undercover Agent infiltrate a South American Drug Cartel and cross paths with an eccentric billionaire.
Armourer
Russia’s answer to U.S. box-office hit “The Social Network”, the movie tells the story of a pair of Moscow students in the mid-90s who create an internet search engine that becomes one of the largest in the world.
Writer
Official music video for Biting Elbows' The Stampede
Director
Official music video for Biting Elbows' The Stampede
Screenplay
A short film shot in the style of a first person shooter.
Editor
A short film shot in the style of a first person shooter.
Director
A short film shot in the style of a first person shooter.
Director
A 90's style two-hander with a high-octane premise that has a bit of Air Force One meets Hobbs and Shaw, bringing together an odd couple in a high stakes situation.
