Margarita Zhitnikova

Margarita Zhitnikova

Nacimiento : , Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]

Historia

Margarita (they/them) is an award-winning actor, writer & producer. As a child, Margarita & their family immigrated to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as Jewish refugees from Russia. Dedicated to smashing the patriarchy, Margarita Co-Founded Besties Make Movies.  
 Margarita has received several Best Actress nominations for their work in the award-winning short film JONES. Their film 2 WEEKS about asexuality premiered at the Oxford Film Festival, screened at NFMLA and won Best LGBT Short at Indie Short Fest and IndieX Film Fest. Their short film APPETITE is premiering at the Oxford Film Festival this year. The feature film Triple Threat in which they play one of the lead roles is having its World Premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film Festival in 2021! Most recently they have been cast as Christina in the new TikTok drama @DarkSprings. 
 Their short film script ZASHA (available on Kindle) which they co-wrote, has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival. 
 Margarita is a member of The Filmshop, NYWIFT, Dreamers // Doers, The COBWEB, NYC Women Filmmakers, Glass Elevator & Women in Media. They are also honored to be a judge for the Revolution Me Film Festival and so excited about all of the wonderful films they get to watch from up-and-coming artists. 
 Follow them on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Clubhouse (@marzapproved) to stay in the loop or visit zhitnikova.com

Perfil

Margarita Zhitnikova

Películas

Appetite
Appetite
Tanya
Jack, an aging hedge fund CEO, hesitantly acquiesces when Ruby, his wife of 25 years, suggests they check out an open love party. Thrust into a new world, he is surprised to uncover the intimacy he actually desires.
Gaining & Losing
Gaining & Losing
Producer
What happens to friendship when a shared dream is abandoned? Gaining and Losing explores a friendship torn apart when a young dancer combats an eating disorder and her talented friend can't understand.
Triple Threat
Triple Threat
Producer
Close friendships are slowly pulled apart as a once shared dream is abandoned by one in favor of fatherhood.
Triple Threat
Triple Threat
Maggie
Close friendships are slowly pulled apart as a once shared dream is abandoned by one in favor of fatherhood.
Big Exit
Big Exit
Producer
After witnessing a violent crime, Elizabeth faces a dilemma, to bury what she knows or speak out. In the days that follow Elizabeth struggles to come to terms with the burden of responsibility and new challenges at work.
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
Producer
When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
Writer
When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
Tanya
When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.
The Incoherents
The Incoherents
MoonBeam
Four forty-somethings each mired in some sort of mid life malaise reunite their 90's indie rock band.
Engaged
Engaged
Producer
Darren keeps trying - and failing - to propose to his boyfriend Elliot. When their relationship is called into an uncomfortable spotlight during someone else's outrageous engagement party, Darren realizes he actually might be self-sabotaging himself due to unresolved insecurities about his sexuality.
JONES
JONES
Producer
Jones' inner demons threaten to take over her life unless she outruns the voices in her head and the ticking of time.
JONES
JONES
JONES
Jones' inner demons threaten to take over her life unless she outruns the voices in her head and the ticking of time.
JONES
JONES
Writer
Jones' inner demons threaten to take over her life unless she outruns the voices in her head and the ticking of time.
Landing Up
Landing Up
Young Girl
CHRISSIE y CECE juegan un juego con desconocidos para poner un techo sobre sus cabezas mientras fantasean sobre el departamento de sus sueños. Cuando Chrissie conoce a DAVID, un chico divertido y genuino que se abre camino en su corazón, se enamora de él y debe decidir si confesar las circunstancias reales de su vida o continuar su mentira a toda costa. Incluso a costa de la vida de alguien.
Landing Up
Landing Up
Lara/Peace
CHRISSIE y CECE juegan un juego con desconocidos para poner un techo sobre sus cabezas mientras fantasean sobre el departamento de sus sueños. Cuando Chrissie conoce a DAVID, un chico divertido y genuino que se abre camino en su corazón, se enamora de él y debe decidir si confesar las circunstancias reales de su vida o continuar su mentira a toda costa. Incluso a costa de la vida de alguien.
Landing Up
Landing Up
Producer
CHRISSIE y CECE juegan un juego con desconocidos para poner un techo sobre sus cabezas mientras fantasean sobre el departamento de sus sueños. Cuando Chrissie conoce a DAVID, un chico divertido y genuino que se abre camino en su corazón, se enamora de él y debe decidir si confesar las circunstancias reales de su vida o continuar su mentira a toda costa. Incluso a costa de la vida de alguien.
The Next Two Nights
The Next Two Nights
Cece
When Chrissie's latest conquest, David, goes away for the weekend, she has no place to go and must take to the streets to survive..