Dmitry Zavilgelsky
- Russia
- 1973
A Russian documentary filmmaker.
In 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of Soil Science of Moscow State University, then from the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors (1998, Leonid Gurevich's workshop).
As a screenwriter and director, he has shot more than 40 documentaries for state TV channels, the Ministry of Culture, private and federal film studios and as an independent producer.
Winner of domestic and foreign film festivals.
In 2007, he opened the Internet portal "Virtual Cinema of Documentary Cinema" in order to promote Russian documentary filmmakers and their works.
In 2011, he founded the documentary film club "FILMDOCRU in the cafe "MARCH"".
In 2019, ARHE publishing house published his book "How to make a documentary film".
Since 2020, together with Svetlana Bychenko, she has been leading the Documentary Film Workshop at the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors named after G. N. Danelia.
