Mikhail Kukushkin

Born May 12, 1976 in Kurgan (Russia). In 1999 Mikhail established a commercial television station "Region-45" (market: 1.5 million viewers), which in 2003 was voted best TV station in the Kurgan region. Later same year, the television station has grown into largest media holding in the region. And Mikhail was promoted to a CEO of holding and held that position until 2005. In 2005 he moved to Moscow to work in movie business and in 2006, he directed a film, Prekrashchaem vyzhivat (2006). Later he produced films such as Vdrebezgi (2011) and Inadequate People (2010) Inadequate People (2010) was praised by critics and recognized as the most successful commercial film of 2011 in Russia. The film had a successful screening at the Russian Film Week in New York. In 2008 Mikhail graduated from the Herman Sidakov's School of Drama specializing in directing.