Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Producer

 

 

 

Nataliya BUDKINA / PLAKSINA

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Наталия Николаевна БУДКИНА / ПЛАКСИНА

Natalia BOUDKINA /PLAKSINA

Biography

Received a professional musical education, graduating as a conductor in 1994. Began a professional career in production in 1999. Graduated from VGIK in 2005 (Economics Department) as a film and television manager. Began her career as an assistant to the Vice President of PIDP Inc., the exclusive distributor for Warner Bros. in Russia and the CIS countries. During the 1998 economic crisis, she shifted her career to television. From 2002 to 2003, she was hired by Channel One (*Pervy Kanal*) as the executive producer of the channel's flagship New Year's Eve program, "New Year's Eve on Channel One." From 2003 to 2005, she oversaw the production of this same program for various channels, including the TEFI Award-winning shows "A Night in the Style of Childhood" and "On the Waves of My Memory" for the STS channel.
Starting in 2003, she worked as a producer for NTV, heading the program "Land of Advice" (a play on words: the Russian word *soviet* primarily means "advice," giving the phrase "Land of Soviets"—an alternative translation—a double meaning). In 2004, she founded the film production company "Talan," serving as its co-head. For ten years, she oversaw project development and production—from initial concept to final delivery and broadcast—producing 22 popular series for major networks, 12 documentaries, and 150 hours of prime-time programming; her filmography comprises over 36 titles.
In 2014, she began producing the feature film *La Trouvaille* (distributed in France as *Criminel*), the screenplay for which was recognized at the Berlinale Talent Market (released in Russia on December 3, 2015). She also produced Alexandre Proshkin’s film *Paradis Terrestre* (2015).
She is a member of the Russian Filmmakers' Union and the Russian Producers' Guild.