Igor Voloshin

Igor Pavlovich Voloshin (born 1 July 1974, Sevastopol, USSR) is a Russian theatre and film actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and artist. He is the husband of actress Olga Simonova.

Biography Igor Voloshin was born on 1 July 1974 in Sevastopol.

He studied at a music school, majoring in guitar. He also practiced judo, becoming a candidate for master of sports. After finishing secondary school in 1991, he unsuccessfully attempted to enter a medical institute.

In 1992, he began working at the youth dramatic "Theatre on Bolshaya Morskaya" as a cashier. Two months later he was accepted as an actor into the company. The same year, he entered the Sevastopol branch of the Yaroslavl Theater Institute.

During his studies from 1993 to 1994, Voloshin participated in the punk band "Delicacies," and later—from 1996 to 1998—was the leader of the psychedelic jazz orchestra of the same name.

In 1996, he graduated with a degree in "Theatre and film acting.”

From 1997 to 1998, he worked as an actor, playwright, and director in a closed experimental laboratory at the theatre.

In 1998, he entered VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography), initially the program of additional professional education in the screenwriting workshop of V. K. Chernykh and L. A. Chernykh. In 1999, he transferred to the workshop of author's film directing.

He graduated from VGIK in 2000 with a degree in "Film directing.”

At Sverdlovsk Film Studio he directed the short films Suka (2001, documentary) and Hunting Hares (2003, fiction).

Starting in 2003, he worked as a location director on the reality show Golod ("Hunger"). The same year, together with Leonid Fyodorov of Auktyon, he participated in the recording of the album Gory i Reki ("Mountains and Rivers").

In 2004, Voloshin received the youth prize "Triumph".

In 2005, the film Lips (Guby) was presented at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. The festival's Hubert Bals Fund awarded Voloshin and co-author Alexei Shipenko a grant to write a screenplay.

Filmography

Actor 2003 – Odyssey. Year 1989 – Lens 2013 – Fast Train: Moscow–Russia – “Koryesh” 2021 – Kosa – Andreas, Eva’s father

Director

Feature films 2008 – Nirvana 2009 – Belyaev (co-directed with Nikolay Khomeriki) 2009 – Olympius Inferno 2009 – I Am 2011 – Experiment 5ive (segment "Atlantika") 2011 – Bedouin 2013 – Fast Train: Moscow–Russia 2018 – The Basement 2021 – Possessed 2022 – Lord of the Wind 2022 – Medea 2025 – The Wizard of the Emerald City 2026 – Buratino

Television 2016 – Olga 2017 – Fizruk (Season 4) 2019 – The 1990s: Loud and Fun 2021 – Kosa 2022 – Snake-Handler

Short films 2003 – Hunting Hares (short; based on a story by Kenji Maruyama) 2007 – Goat (short)

Documentary films 1999 – Mesivo 2001 – Suka

Screenwriter 1999 – Mesivo 2001 – Suka 2005 – Lips 2009 – I Am 2011 – Experiment 5ive (segment "Atlantika") 2011 – Bedouin 2013 – Fast Train: Moscow–Russia 2022 – Lord of the Wind

Producer 2011 – Bedouin 2013 – Fast Train: Moscow–Russia 2018 – The Basement

Cinematographer 2001 – Suka (documentary)

Production designer / Artist 2003 – Hunting Hares (short; based on Kenji Maruyama)

Awards For the film Mesivo For the film Suka “Debut. Kinotavr" International Film Festival – Special Jury Mention (2001) IDFA (Amsterdam) – Best Debut and FIPRESCI Prize (2001) Oberhausen International Festival – Special Jury Mention and Ecumenical Jury Prize (2002) Participant of INPUT conference, Rotterdam (2002) For the film Hunting Hares Mexico International Film Festival – Jury Prize and Best Music (2004) Valencia International Film Festival – Special Jury Mention (2004) "Golden Knight" Film Festival – Best Cinematography (2004) For the film Goat "Kinotavr" – Best Short Film (2007) For the film Nirvana "Kinotavr" – Best Debut (2008) "White Elephant" Award – Best Production Design (2008) Grand Prix TEXAS IFF (2009) Los Angeles AFI Film Fest – Special Jury Mention (2009) For the film Fast Train: Moscow–Russia “Golden Phoenix” Festival – Special Prize named after Yuri Nikulin “for good humor and an ironic view of reality”