Nikolai Izvolov

Biography

Nikolai Izvolov (born in 1962 – Kostroma, USSR) is a Russian film historian and cinema theorist, researcher of film archives and specialist in reconstruction of the “lost” films. He's known by his reconstructions of Dziga Vertov's Anniversary of the Revolution (2018), The History of the Civil War (2021) and Man with a Movie Camera (2024). Author of the books Phenomenon of Film: History and Theory (2001) and Unknown Pages of Russian Avant-garde Cinema (2021). Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been teaching the course Practice of Work in Film Archives for students of the Film Studies department in VGIK (All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography). In 1992, he collaborated with Chris Marker on the Alexander Medvedkin’s biopic The Last Bolshevik. Together with Natasha Drubek-Mayer he developed a creative method of film reconstruction ‘Hyperkino’ and applied it to the archives of Dziga Vertov, Alexander Medvedkin and Lev Kuleshov: Lenin Kino-Pravda (1996); Stop Thief! (1998); The Story of Tit… or the Tale of the Large Spoon (2000); Engineer Prite’s Project (2001); Alcoholism and Its Consequences (2001); Dokhunda (2006).

Most Famous Work

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A Night on Bald Mountain

(1933) Producer

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Женитьба

(1936) Producer

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Kino-Pravda No. 21

(1925) Producer

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Anniversary of the Revolution

(1918) Other

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The King of Paris

(1917) Producer

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The History of the Civil War

(1921) Other

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Dreams about Alfeoni

(2002) Thanks

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Stop Thief!

(1930) Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	N/A	A History of Russian Cinema. The Birth of the Myth. 2023-03-10 Movie
2014	Self - Russian film historian	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
2009	Self - Russian film historian	The Bug Trainer 2009-02-20 Movie
1993	Self - Russian film historian	The Last Bolshevik 1993-03-25 Movie
1991	N/A	Anna Karamazoff 1991-05-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Archival Footage Coordinator	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
1936	Archival Footage Coordinator	Женитьба 1936-01-01 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Женитьба 1936-01-01 Movie
1934	Archival Footage Coordinator	Dokhunda 1934-01-01 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Dokhunda 1934-01-01 Movie
1933	Archival Footage Coordinator	The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon 1933-01-30 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon 1933-01-30 Movie
	Archival Footage Coordinator	A Night on Bald Mountain 1933-01-01 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	A Night on Bald Mountain 1933-01-01 Movie
1931	Archival Footage Coordinator	Pasifik 231 1931-05-26 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Pasifik 231 1931-05-26 Movie
1930	Archival Footage Coordinator	Stop Thief! 1930-12-31 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Stop Thief! 1930-12-31 Movie
1929	Archival Footage Coordinator	The Post 1929-11-25 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	The Post 1929-11-25 Movie
1928	Archival Footage Coordinator	Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina 1928-08-16 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina 1928-08-16 Movie
1925	Archival Footage Coordinator	Kino-Pravda No. 21 1925-01-21 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Kino-Pravda No. 21 1925-01-21 Movie
1921	Archival Footage Coordinator	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
1918	Archival Footage Coordinator	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
	Archival Footage Coordinator	Engineer Prite's Project 1918-01-09 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Engineer Prite's Project 1918-01-09 Movie
1917	Archival Footage Coordinator	The King of Paris 1917-12-06 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	The King of Paris 1917-12-06 Movie
1913	Archival Footage Coordinator	Drunkenness and Its Consequences 1913-01-01 Movie
	Editorial Coordinator	Drunkenness and Its Consequences 1913-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Idea	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
	Writer	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
1921	Other	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
1918	Other	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2002	Thanks	Dreams about Alfeoni 2002-04-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1936	Post Producer	Женитьба 1936-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Женитьба 1936-01-01 Movie
1934	Post Producer	Dokhunda 1934-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Dokhunda 1934-01-01 Movie
1933	Post Producer	The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon 1933-01-30 Movie
	Producer	The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon 1933-01-30 Movie
	Post Producer	A Night on Bald Mountain 1933-01-01 Movie
	Producer	A Night on Bald Mountain 1933-01-01 Movie
1931	Post Producer	Pasifik 231 1931-05-26 Movie
	Producer	Pasifik 231 1931-05-26 Movie
1930	Post Producer	Stop Thief! 1930-12-31 Movie
	Producer	Stop Thief! 1930-12-31 Movie
1929	Post Producer	The Post 1929-11-25 Movie
	Producer	The Post 1929-11-25 Movie
1928	Post Producer	Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina 1928-08-16 Movie
	Producer	Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina 1928-08-16 Movie
1925	Post Producer	Kino-Pravda No. 21 1925-01-21 Movie
	Producer	Kino-Pravda No. 21 1925-01-21 Movie
1921	Post Producer	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
	Producer	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
1918	Post Producer	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
	Producer	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
	Post Producer	Engineer Prite's Project 1918-01-09 Movie
	Producer	Engineer Prite's Project 1918-01-09 Movie
1917	Post Producer	The King of Paris 1917-12-06 Movie
	Producer	The King of Paris 1917-12-06 Movie
1913	Post Producer	Drunkenness and Its Consequences 1913-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Drunkenness and Its Consequences 1913-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1921	Other	The History of the Civil War 1921-06-01 Movie
1918	Other	Anniversary of the Revolution 1918-11-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv