ArkadyKogan-Director, scriptwriterBorn in Novosibirsk. Graduated from- architectural department at the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1982, diploma with honors)- VGIK (department of directing, 1993)Worked as a designer, art director at the theatre.Since 1995 started to work on TV. Principal director of the division of popular science programs on Channel One (since 2002).Shot pilot episodes:- “Criminal Russia” for NTV (“The Ovechkins: Nobody Wanted to Kill”, “Save at Any Cost” and others)- “Lives of Great People” for ORT (“Mikhail Zhvanetsky: To Live Long and Die Young”)- “The Taste of Life” (Channel One), feature series “Psychic” (Channel 3)Wrote and hosted the program “Persona” (RTR, 1998-2001, studio “K-2”)
Russia