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Overview

  • Video Director / DoP
  • NYU, NYFA
  • From New York City, NY, USA
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About Me

I love art, traveling and meeting new people. Appreciating the little things in life, there are a lot of them and for that I'm grateful.

I spend a lot of my time focusing on working in film industry and learning cinematography and filmmaking, which is my primary focus now. I love consuming and creating all forms of art, dance and self-expression. I love exploring different cultures and peoples.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I travel, I like to truly experience life as a local. The everyday things, people, the unknown places, music, dance, food, adventure and the amazing good surprises that life offers when you explore the unknown. When I’m in my city I like to keep traveling and exploring.

Interests

Film, music, photography, painting, dance, architecture, travel, lifestyle design, yoga, Chi Gong, spirituality, meditation, learning.

  • arts
  • culture
  • singing
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • dancing
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • painting
  • live music
  • hiking
  • buddhist
  • mountains
  • filmmaking
  • laughing
  • spirituality
  • kung fu
  • deep conversations
  • tai chi
  • kundalini yoga
  • indigenous cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Soul, Jazz, Phillip Glass, Cumbia, Cuban, Flamenco, Afro-Beat, Ethnic, Dub with and without Step, Reggae, Jazz, Folk, Shpongle, Shulman, Kaya Project, Parov Stellar, Dead Can Dance, Federico Aubele, Natalie Clavier, Chopin, Leonard Cohen, Clint Mansell, Crystal Fighters, Balkan Beat Box, Gramatik.

Movies
I watched The Fountain more than 15 times, British comedy, Invention of Lying, Death at a Funeral, Shawn of the Dead, Tristram Shandy, Red a Cliff, Mr. Nobody, The Congress, Lucy, Matrix, Inception, Pi, Brazil, Mr Nobody, Night on Earth, House of the Spirits, Bolshoi, The Lives of Others, Tiger in the Snow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dead Man.

Documentaries
Piña, Baraka and Samsara are my favorite documentaries. Also Nature, cosmos, history and psychology documentaries. Just saw the new Wei Wei Doc called Human Flow. Highly recommend.

Books
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Sidhartha, The 4 Agreements, Little Prince, Alice in Wonderland, Citadel, Kybalion, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Freakanomics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wadi Rum, Jordan
It was my first night of a spontaneous trip to Jordanian desert. I took a chance and it paid off. We were standing in the middle of the desert facing a large square shaped mountain that was split into two parts. We walked into the split for 40 minutes and found a tree growing out of an enormous rock which was split by the tree. The moon was full of light, the desert was peaceful, and every moment I spent there was magical.

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What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share good vibes and conversation.
I can teach you nice Russian phrases.

I have spent a good amount of time on self development, lifestyle design, healthy lifestyle, energy cultivation, Qi Gong, photography, film, music, dance. I can share what I have learned.

I can give you really good advise or really bad advise ;)

I can share everything...almost everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Benin, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Russian Federation, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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