Oleg Pogodin


Oleg Georgievich Pogodin is a Russian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Oleg Pogodin was born on 3 July 1965 in the town of Salsk. In 1982 he graduated from Secondary School No. 1 in Salsk. He made several unsuccessful attempts to enter the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. From 1985 to 1987 he served in the Soviet Army. In 1993 he graduated from the film studies program of the Screenwriting and Film Studies Department of VGIK.
Starting in 1992 he worked actively in commercial video advertising. His debut was the first commercial spot for the Russian branch of Seiko Epson. Pogodin also directed music videos for performers and bands such as Aleksandr Marshal, Nikolai Noskov, Nikolai Trubach, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Valeriya, the group Shtar, and the band Bozhya Korovka.
In 1999 producer Alexander Eliasberg invited Pogodin to salvage the troubled project *Princess' War*, originally directed by Vladimir Alenikov. After reviewing the material, Pogodin agreed to finish and partly reshoot the film, released as Triumph. Film critic Andrei Plakhov wrote:
In 2003 Pogodin directed the mini-series The Motherland Awaits, a spy comedy based on his own script. His next film, the action movie Unbeatable, flopped at the box office. The director later recalled:
In 2011 he directed the crime drama Home, about the collapse of a large Rostov family. The film received six nominations for the Golden Eagle Award and four nominations for the Nika Award, with actor Sergey Garmash winning Best Actor.
In 2013 Pogodin released the TV series The Owl's Cry, shot in the style of Soviet spy cinema. In 2021 he directed the adventure fantasy film Upon the Magic Roads, based on the fairy tale The Humpbacked Horse by Pyotr Yershov.

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

Awards and nominations

  • 2011 — Special Jury Prize at the XIX «Window to Europe» Film Festival, Vyborg, “For mastery of cinematic professions”.
  • 2011 — Nominations for the Golden Eagle Award: Best Film, Best Director.
  • 2013 — III Trans-Baikal International Film Festival, Chita — Best Directing and Audience Award.
  • 2014 — Producers Guild of Russia Award for Best Screenplay and nomination for Best Directing.
  • 2014 — FSB Prize of Russia for 2013, First Prize in the category “Cinema and TV film”.
  • 2015 — Nomination for the Golden Eagle Award: Best Television Film or Mini-Series.
  • 2023 — XXXI “Vivat kino Rossii!” Film Festival — Best Directing.