Yelena Trofimenko

Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress and poet.

Biography

Trofimenko was born on 20 March 1964 in Minsk, Belarus. In 1996, she became a director at the Belarusfilm studio. In 1998, her first full-length film Falling Upward, was released.
In 1996, Trofimenko became a member of the Belarusian Union of Cinematographers and, in 1998, a member of board of directors. She is a founder, originator and artistic director of the creative studio Youth Studio XXI. Festival of one film was created at this studio.
In 2012, Trofimenko created a collection of poems and reproductions, The Book.