Igor Voloshin was born on July 1, 1974 in Sevastopol,
Ukraine, where he began his acting career in 1992 at the
local youth theater and subsequently completed training at
the city’s Volkov Theater Academy. He has written and directed
several plays in which he has also acted. From 1998
to 2000, he studied screenwriting and directing at the
VGIK, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow,
after which he made two short films for the Sverdlovsk
Film Studio. In 2004 received the “Triumph” award.
In 2008 debuted in fiction film with “Nirvana”,
which was recognized at “Kinotavr” with a
prize for the best debut. In 2010 founded
the film company “Bulldozerfilms” with
Alexander Orlov.