Hi! I am Nikita!
I am Montreal based director of photography, originally from Rostov-on-Don, Russia who lived 10 years in Israel. My journey into the image and video world began while working in the camera department as an assistant cameraman, when I had a revelation. I fell in love with the process of creating images. This led me to pursue a career as a director of photography.
As a DP and cameraman, my projects include short & feature films, TV & Web shows, music videos, and documentaries. My first feature was as a co-cinematographer on an artistic fiction titled Victoria, in 2020. Since, I have worked as a cameraman on “Un souper presque parfait” in 2021-2022 “combien tu m’aimes? in 2022-2023 and as a Director of Photography on “Un souper presque parfait” in 2023, a well known reality tv show in Québec.
But why family photography then?
I have always had an interest and passion for still photography. And then, I became a father and a lot changed. I saw the beauty in immortalizing live family moments that will have stories told about them for years and probably passed on into generations.
Production Experience
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHER
2023 season – UN SOUPER PRESQUE PARFAIT, reality TV
SOME INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
- 2022 – EP Launch video for William St-Laurent
- 2021 – Short videos about the play Victoria in collaboration with Espace Perrault
- 2021 – Music videos – Gamela and Sua Mao Direita by Diogo Ramos
- 2021 – Live recording of Katherine Em
- 2020 – Film Shooting Team B, Victoria, feature film by Dulcinea Langfelder
- 2023 – International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) – Official Selection – Feature-length films
2023 – Annual Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF) – Best Narrative Feature
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR & EDITOR
2020 – FORGIVE ME YOUR SACRIFICE, short fiction
- Nominated for Best Director, Best Performance and Best Supporting Performance at Hollywood North Films Award 2021
- Honorable Mention at the Seasonal Short Film Festival 2022
CAMERAMAN
2021 season and 2022 season – UN SOUPER PRESQUE PARFAIT, reality TV
2022 – COMBIEN TU M’AIMES?, reality TV
ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN
2022 – L’AFFAIRE DES FRÈRES DUPONT, documentary series
2021 season – UN SOUPER PRESQUE PARFAIT, reality TV
2021 season – LE PACTE, fiction series
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2022 – WORKSHOP, BOLEX 16MM CAMERA with Yann Manuel Hernandez, MAIN FILM
2018 – ATTESTATION OF COLLEGIAL STUDIES, O’SULLIVAN COLLEGE OF MONTRÉAL