
Maxim Arbugaev
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Tiksi, Russia
Biography
Born in Tiksi, Russia, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean. Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev wanted to grow up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering his passion for cinematography in the solitude of Russian Arctic, he studied documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In his personal work he often discovering and capturing the remote worlds and people who inhabit them. He is a director and cinematographer known for The Hunters (2014), Genesis 2.0 (2018).
Best known work
Filmography
2026
ChuuraaDirector of Photography
2025
City of the Sun. LeonidovCamera Operator
2025
This Summer Will EndDirector, Director of Photography
2024
HauloutDirector, Director of Photography, Writer
2020
Life is a ThrillCamera Operator
2019
VoyDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography
2019
The Great Northern WayDirector of Photography
2018
TerraProducer
2018
Genesis 2.0Director








