Ilya Belostotsky

Biography

Ilya Belostotsky was born on August 28th, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, in the family of a doctor and an economist. In 1991 he entered Medical Academy and studied medicine for 4 years. Later he initiated a transfer to local College of Arts, where he studied directing for 4 years. He also worked on local TV, where he created a lot of children programs. In the year 2004 he graduated from VGIK (directing faculty, V. Khotinenko and V. Fenchenko's workshop). Ilya Belostotsky supposes film-making for kids and youth being his "primary mission": more than 10 years he directs “Eralash”, the most popular Russian children’s sketchcom series, and produces his own projects as well. His own projects are awarded b...