Radda Novikova

Radda Vyacheslavovna Novikova is a Russian film and television director (born on 25 October 1974). Novikova is well known for directing comedy television series Girls with Makarov, Interns, Two Fathers, Two Sons and feature film The Crazy Empress.

Life and career Radda Novikova received her directing education in Moscow - in 1994 she graduated from the directing department of the VGIK.

In 2003 she directed the two-part television film Story of the Spring Call.

From 2004 to 2006 she was the director of Inexplicable, yet a Fact (TNT), Out of Law (Channel One), Love Stories (for Channel One), Price of Love, Affair (for TNT).

In 2019 Novikova directed the short film Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 - loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. The screenplay was written by Aleksandr Tsypkin. The following year she directed another short film based on a Tsypkin story, Moscow Hill. It starred Anatoliy Beliy, Viktoriya Tolstoganova and Fedor Bondarchuk.

In 2020 Novikova began directing comedy webseries Notes of the Helvetia Hotelier for Okko streaming platform. The series lasted for two seasons. and also received Best Short Film and Best Supporting Actor (Konstantin Khabensky) awards at the Vienna Independent Film Festival in 2019.

Filmography TV Story of the Spring Call (TV movie, 2003) Girls with Makarov (2022-present) Triada (2021) Cop (2019) Secretary (2018) Two Fathers, Two Sons (2013) Interns (2011-2013) The Xe Men (2011)

Webseries Notes of the Helvetia Hotelier (2020-present)

Feature films The Crazy Empress (2025)

Short films Moscow Hill (2021) Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 (2019)