Dmitri Frolov

Dmitri Frolov

director, cinematographer, editor

Dmitri Frolov was born on Feb 27, 1966 in Russia]. Dmitri Frolov's big-screen debut came with Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 7. Sledstvie vedet Semafor 8. Podvig Varkhata directed by N. Pisareva in 1994. Dmitri Frolov is known for The Two directed by Dmitri Frolov, Dmitriy Shibanov stars as 1st Friend and Alexey Shuvalov as 2nd Friend. Dmitri Frolov has got 86 awards and 65 nominations so far. The most recent award Dmitri Frolov achieved is Brazil International Monthly independent Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Dmitri Frolov plays is The Two which will be released on Jul 01, 2004.

Dmitry Frolov was born in Leningrad in 1966. In 1990 he graduated from the University of Cinema and Television. He worked as an assistant to the operator and operator of the studio "Lentelefilm", the operator of the television company "Black Quadrate Television" (Great Britain), the film company "STV", etc. From the beginning of the 80s he was shooting author's cinema. Dmitri Frolov's experimental work is devoted to the revival of the cinematic form of the early twentieth century, which fills the format of a short, silent tape with the content of symbolist culture. His author's films are shot exclusively on the film "Svema". Even in spite of the fact that the mentioned film material factory has remained far in the Soviet past and does not release the film, it revives the film materials, continuing to be true to the brand chosen in the childhood. When asked why this is so, it answers that only "Svema" due to its unpredictability and heterogeneity of the emulsion, is the living material that is able to convey the thrill of the life of the character and even seemingly lifeless object. A screenwriter, director and operator of more than 20 short films that took part in several dozen domestic ones (Kinoshok in Anapa, Pure Dreams and Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, Sine Phantom Fest in Moscow, etc.) and foreign festivals ( In Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Madrid, Hamburg, Cologne, Dresden, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Helsinki, Tampere, Sydney, Mexico and others). The creator of the site about the Independent Cinema - a resource devoted to parallel, experimental, author's cinema, avant-garde. Cooperates with composer S.Oskolkov in the creation of playing tapes and in the International Festival of Arts "Sergei Oskolkov and his friends", which is held annually in June in St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum. Author of music videos for the group "Auktsion". As an operator he cooperates with the St. Petersburg cinema and television companies. In 2008, Dmitry Frolov received the bronze "Orpheus" in the nomination "Best operator of a television documentary" - for a series of documentary-publicist programs "Children of the Blockade".

  • Birthday

    Feb 27, 1966
  • Place of Birth

    Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Known For

Awards

86 wins & 65 nominations

Brazil International Monthly independent Film Festival
2022
Best Editing of Medium-Length Film
Winner - April Award
2021
Semi-Finalist
Winner - Best of the Season
2020
Best Experimental Film
Winner - August Award
Cannes World Film Festival
2022
Semi-Finalist
Winner - Monthly Award
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