Andrey Nikiforov

Andrey Nikiforov was born on June 23rd 1986 in the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan at the time Uzbek USSR. From the ages of six to thirteen he attended musical school graduating at the top of his class in 1999. While attending music school Andrey became a member of the junior troupe at the Textile Theater Company in Tashkent. In 2000, he moved to Kaliningrad Russia to attend school of linguistics and performing arts. In 2002 he moved to Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he currently resides. He attended George Washington and Northeast High Schools at the same time in his senior year. While at George Washington, Andrey took musical and film classes. Shortly after he wrote, shot, produced, edited and directed his first short film titled "Destiny", an upcoming age story about two brothers in Russian Community in Philadelphia. The film was rejected by every student film festival over excessive use of violence and language in multiple languages. In 2008, Andrey co-directed a short film titled "No-Na-Me" as a part of 21 day Film Festival. The short film "Noname" was also screened at the Slamdance film festival. In 2010 he opened his first production company Final Relief Films. From 2011-2013 he shot edited and directed several short films, multiple music videos and worked with pioneers of YouTube vlogging such as Cory Williams, Projected Twin, etc. In 2013, he formed another production company FRF Media and two record labels Ham Factory Records and Povorot Records. From 2013-2019 Andrey shot, co-wrote, edited and directed several short films, multiple music videos, and worked on many projects in conjunction with American Dream Machine as a cinematographer, colorist, editor and co-Director. Since 2018 he is filming, producing, and directing his first feature film titled Watchtower, which he co-wrote in English, Italian, German, and Russian languages. In August 2018, Andrey became one of the shareholders in American Dream Machine LLC along with three more partners from FRF MEDIA.