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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning Spanish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • general producer/owner of TV&cinema production company
  • 2 diplomas: bachelor in advertising, master in producing
  • From moscow
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to get sure Earth is as great as i imagine it :)

ABOUT ME

i travel a lot with my family. Seen lots of places: from Beirut and Damascus to Kuala-lumpur, Denpasar and Lisbon. I like meeting new people to get sure and prove with my own example that people are better than it is used to think of them :)

I think my life is (and has been all the way) one of the best lives possible: i can remember only 1-2 times i was doing something i did NOT like. All the other days were filled with amazing experience and great things. I've been in for events and BigEvents, working with a number of club stars, i've spent some time VJing, made tens of parachute jumps (half of those with funny events happened), from time to time i learn how to pilot small airplanes (ouch, that's too expensive in russia), and in teen years i was very good in agressive inline-skating (vert style).

I work since 13 y.o. I've been very good as sales manager, then - an advertising specialist (copywriter - creative group head - creative director). Looking for new horizons i spent some 2 years for becoming TV&Cinema producer and that's who i am now.

I write scripts / manage shooting process / kick everybody to make everything better during post-production / sounding periods. I love what i'm in for and hope to learn everything i can in this area to become real pro.

I've seen many people, I love stories to tell and stories to hear. I think that life is all about exchanging experience and knowledge. :) I hope you think the same way.

PHILOSOPHY

to share experience

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

ask for any help - i'll think of how can i do my best to help you. Usually i have quite a lot of spare time, so whenever you're in Moscow - you can message me and (60 to 90% sure) i'll at least help you with an advice OR meet you and show you places.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

once in Bangkok stayed in a host apartment and loved it, during car trip in USA stayed in an amazing house in Morro Bay and it was so great to meet someone who is so absolutely different from anyone i know! I love CS.

Interests

travels, photo, video, languages, creative stuff and small surprises.
Cinema is one of the biggest interests though :)

  • fashion
  • clubbing
  • clothing
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • camping
  • hunting
  • sports
  • extreme sports
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

hollywood classics, some of modern movies and directors. Nolan, Cassavetes, Cameron, Lucas etc.
I read a lot of books, but during last years - mostly on professional topics (drama, movie technologies etc). Though sometimes i have some spare time to read biographies (Tesla, K.Hepburn & other), fiction etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- in 13 y.o. got my first sci-fi stories published in the Netherlands;
- from 14-15 y.o. till 17-18 made pretty good clothes with my own hands, even opened my fashion label and sold 2 full collections right from podium show :) but closed it soon due to a number of reasons :) ask me, i'll tell you all of those specifically.
- till the age of 18 been one of not-so-bad aggressive inline skating pro in vert style (ramp). etc etc.. :)
- tens of jumps with a parachute,
- started learning to pilot small airplanes a while ago (still on pause due to the crisis post-effects: it's pretty expensive in Russia),
- seen Iraq bombing smoke from the borders of Syria while visiting Syria - awful sights,
- participated in Marlboro Adventure Team 2005 - extreme sports camp in Spain, Canary Islands.
- visited poorest regions of Myanmar
- got lost on a quad in Egyptian desert at night once with no gps. Had to navigate by the direction of airplanes landing :)))
- in 2011 driven over 40 000 miles by USA, seen a lot of people/States/Cities. The longest trip in my life for the moment. In 2012 made the same kind of car trip over Europe, but it was not more than 12 000 miles long and less amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

know a lot about managing videoshooting process, casting/scheduling/budgeting etc.
professional copywriter/creative director with a lot of ad works.
if this can be of any help for you - feel free to ask

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Malaysia, Russian Federation

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