Nikolai Lebedev
Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev (born 16 November 1966) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of Wolfhound (2007) and Legend № 17 (2013), both of which became well grossing films in Russian cinema. Other films include the critically lauded drama The Star (2002), the drama film Soundtrack of Passion (2009), and the disaster film Flight Crew (2016).
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Nikolai Lebedev

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- Name
- Nikolai Lebedev
- Birth Name
- Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev
- Born
- 16 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Kishinev, Moldavian SSR
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, film producer
- Education
- Moscow State University Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev (born 16 November 1966) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Honours
- State Prize of the Russian Federation
- Languages
- Russian
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Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev (born 16 November 1966) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of Wolfhound (2007) and Legend № 17 (2013), both of which became well grossing films in Russian cinema. Other films include the critically lauded drama The Star (2002), the drama film Soundtrack of Passion (2009), and the disaster film Flight Crew (2016).
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• Name — Nikolai Lebedev • Birth Name — Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev • Born — 16 November 1966 • Birthplace — Kishinev, Moldavian SSR • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, film producer • Years Active — 1991present • Education — Moscow State University Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Nikolai Igorevich Lebedev (born 16 November 1966) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Born in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Chișinău in Moldova). He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of Wolfhound (2007) and Legend № 17 (2013), both of which became well grossing films in Russian cinema. Other films include the critically lauded drama The Star (2002), the drama film Soundtrack of Passion (2009), and the disaster film Flight Crew (2016).
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• Year — Title — Functioned as • Director — Writer — Producer — Role • 1997 — Snake Spring • 1999 — The Admirer • 2002 — The Star • 2005 — The Iris Effect • 2007 — Wolfhound • 2008 — Apostol (TV, 2008) • 2009 — Soundtrack of Passion • 2013 — Legend № 17 • 2016 — Flight Crew • 2023 — Nuremberg • 2025 — Kraken
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Nikolai Lebedev is recorded as having received State Prize of the Russian Federation.
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- Nikolai Lebedev. A Memoir, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, 2019
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