Director,
Writer,
Production Designer,
Producer
Born in 1961, Germany
 
 
Yelena ZHIGAYEVA
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Елена Анатольевна ЖИГАЕВА
Elena JIGAEVA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2021 - Women's territory (Бабий край) [documentary, 56 mn]
2020 - Caravaggio (Караваджо) [documentary, 54 mn]
2017 - Lost reflectio : Confession of a mistress (Потерянное отражение: Исповедь содержанки) [fiction, 91 mn]
2011 - Perhaps (Авось) [documentary, 44 mn]
2009 - The Best Grand-Mother (Самая лучшая бабушка) [fiction, 76 mn]
2003 - To Kill Evening (Убить вечер) [fiction, short film]
 
Writer
2021 - Women's territory (Бабий край) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [documentary, 56 mn]
2017 - Lost reflectio : Confession of a mistress (Потерянное отражение: Исповедь содержанки) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [fiction, 91 mn]
2011 - Perhaps (Авось) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [documentary, 44 mn]
 
Production Designer
2017 - Lost reflectio : Confession of a mistress (Потерянное отражение: Исповедь содержанки) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [fiction, 91 mn]
 
Producer
2017 - Lost reflectio : Confession of a mistress (Потерянное отражение: Исповедь содержанки) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [fiction, 91 mn]
2011 - Perhaps (Авось) from Yelena ZHIGAYEVA [documentary, 44 mn]

Other films
2007 - Судебная колонка (Judicial Column), feature, TV
2006 - Поколение NEXT (Generation NEXT), doc.
2001 - И была ночь…( There Was a Night…), feature, short

Biography
Born in Dresden (GDR).
In 1986 graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages named after M.Torez ;
In 2001 graduated from the Studio of Advertising Art of Yuri Grymov and from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (workshop of V.Khotinenko) in 2001.