Zinaida Pronchenko

Zinaida Sergeyevna Pronchenko is a Russian film historian, film critic, and journalist. She is the Chief editor of Iskusstvo Kino's site since April 1, 2020.

Biography

A native of Leningrad, Pronchenko graduated from the Faculty of History and Theory of Arts at the Saint Petersburg Repin Academy of Arts. She studied at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. She studied comparative art studies at the Higher School of European Cultures at the Russian [State University for the Humanities]. As a director, she shot several short films. She lived in France for several years.
Pronchenko is a regular contributor to a number of reputable publications on film and culture.
In March 2022, she signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against 2022 [Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine].
In April 2025, she became the editor-in-chief of the online publication Republic.ru.