Izvolov, Nikolai Anatolyevich

Born February 14, 1962 in Kostroma .

In 1985 he graduated from the cinema department of the screenwriting and cinema department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). In 1991 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of art criticism on the topic “Interrelation of aesthetic and extra-aesthetic factors in the evolution of cinema of early years (1895-1932)”.

In 1991, he starred as an actor in Rustam Khamdamov ’s film “Anna Karamazoff” .

In 1991 - 1996, he worked at the Museum of Cinema as the head of the non-fiction film sector, deputy director for scientific work, scientific secretary.

In 1996 - 1997 he was vice-rector of VGIK for scientific and creative work. Since 1997 - Head of the Department of the History of Russian Cinema, the Research Institute of Cinema; It is engaged in computer reconstruction of "dead" films, as well as the restoration and scoring of pre-revolutionary films.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been teaching at the Higher Courses of scriptwriters and directors .

Published in the journals " Cinema Notes" , "The Art of Cinema" . The author of articles on the history of animation and "drawn sound."

He participated in the jury of various festivals.

Developed an original keyboard for iOS devices called ThumbTyper

• 2001 - Best film expert of the year following the results of the White Pillars archive film festival.
• 2012 - Special prize of film critics of Tajikistan at the V international film festival "Didor" (for computer reconstruction of the feature film "Dohunda" ) ^[1] .

Recovery Director

• 1996 - Lenin film truth
• 1998 - Hold the thief!
• 2000 - Titus, or the Tale of the Big Spoon
• 2001 - Project of engineer Prime
• 2001 - Drunkenness and its Consequences
• 2006 - Marriage
• 2006 - Dohunda
• 2018 - Anniversary of the Revolution (1918)

Participation in documentaries

• 1992 - Tomb of Alexander, or The Last Bolshevik
• 1997 - Mikhail Tsekhanovsky. Dramatic graphics
• 2006 - Ioannina Zheimo
• 2009 - Vitaly Melnikov. Life, movie
• 2014 - In Search of the Lost Mail

Actor

• 1991 - Anna Karamazoff

Publications by Nikolay Izvolov

Monographs

• Izvolov Nikolay . The phenomenon of cinema: history and theory. - M.: Mainland, 2005 .-- 164 p.

Articles

• Izvolov Nikolay. Mikhail Tsekhanovsky // Our cartoons / Arseny Meshcheryakov, Irina Ostarkova. - Interros , 2006. - ISBN 5-91105-007-2 . Archived on August 28, 2007. Archived August 28, 2007 on the Wayback Machine

Interview

• Nikolai Izvolov in the show of Anton Dolin and Vlad Antsiferov (inaccessible link) : [About the film "Intolerance" ] // Mayak . - 2011 . - April 3 .
• Mantsov Igor . The fusion of two suns. Sergei Kaptelev and Nikolai Izvolov in a conversation with Igor Mantsov: “We are not surprised at all!” // Private Correspondent . - 2011 . - October 3 .

About Nikolai Izvolov

• Balla Olga . Peripheral vision. Mythical black and white films : [Book review: Nikolay Izvolov . The phenomenon of cinema: history and theory. - M.: Mainland, 2005. - 164 p.] // NG Ex libris. - 2006 . - March 30th .
• Dubinina Lyudmila . N. Izvolov: Dohunda is my most interesting project // NIAT Khovar. - 2012 . - October 22 .

• Nikolay Izvolov on Facebook
• Nikolay Izvolov on the site Animator.ru
• Nikolay Izvolov on the site of the KinoProba festival
• Nikolay Izvolov on the website of the journal "Cinema Notes"
• Nikolay Izvolov on the website of the Moscow School of New Cinema
• Nikolay Izvolov on the website of the State Center for Contemporary Art
• Nikolai Izvolov: Shadows of Forgotten Films (Interview with Milena Musina)
• Interview (2006)