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Karen Shakhnazarov was born on 8 July 1952 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a producer and director, known for Ward No. 6 (2009), Zerograd (1988) and Day of the Full Moon (1998).

Anna Netrebko was born on 18 September 1971 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Knives Out (2019), La Bohème (2008) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). She has been married to Yusif Eyvazov since 29 December 2015.

Svetlana Stepankovskaya was born on 9 January 1986 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for 13 klinicheskaya. Nachalo (2024), Znakhar (2019) and Nefutbol (2021).

Kassandra Stanley Shostle was born in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for Schindler Space Architect (2024), Untitled Crispin Hellion Glover Project and Spreading Darkness (2017).

Anastasiya Makeeva was born on 23 December 1981 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Sniffer (2013), Obratnyy otschet (2006) and Home, Sweet Home... (2008).

Nataliya Meshchaninova was born on 17 February 1982 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Nataliya is a director and writer, known for Kombinat 'Nadezhda' (2014), Serdtse mira (2018) and Arrhythmia (2017). Nataliya is married to Stepan Devonin.

Olga Vodin was born Olga Nedovodina on 23 November 1972, in Krasnodar, in southern Russia. Her father was a lead ballet dancer in the Krasnodar Theater of Operetta, so Olga grew up in the city of Krasnodar. From an early age she was trained in ballet, acting, and also took piano. In the 1990s she studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical School, affiliated with the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow, Russia. There she mastered the methods of Stanislavsky, Chekhov and Vakhtangov. She graduated in 1993 with a Master's Degree in Theater and Acting. While a student in Moscow, Olga worked on the stage and also appeared in several Russian-made films, such as Dukhi ada (1992) ('Spirits of Hell'), 'Svobodnaya zone' (1991) ('Zone of Freedom'), Vashi paltsy pakhnut ladanom! (1993) ('Your Fingers Smell Like Incense'), and Nastya (1994). In 1993 she emigrated from Russia and moved to California with her new American husband and continued her acting career while raising her first child. In America she took a stage name - Olga Vodina. She appeared in such American productions as American Cop (1995) ('American Cop'), Dangerous Cargo (1996), Swimsuit: The Movie (1997), and a guest appearance in the TV show Marker (1995). In the 2000s she switched jobs from acting to co-producing several stage shows, including one in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has 2 children from her first marriage, which ended in divorce, and one from her second. She and her second husband live in Puget Sound, Washington, USA.

Margarita Simonyan was born on 6 April 1980 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is a writer and director, known for Full Skripal Case Interview with the UK's Suspects (2018), The Crimean Bridge. Made with Love! (2018) and Aktrisa (2017).

Yelena Yatsura is an independent film producer. She has collaborated with "Slovo", "Non-Stop Productions", "Bogwood Kino" and "Filmocom" film companies. At the moment she works with "Trikita Entertainment". Yelena Yatsura had won the Best Producer of the CIS and Baltic Countries award at the Open Film Festival "Kinoshok" in 2003. She is two-time award winner of the "Nika" Russian National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer ("Our Own", 2004 and "9th Company", 2005) and the award winner of the "Golden Eagle" National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer of 2005 ("9th Company"). Her resume contains a good 15 debut works by various directors including: the future hit makers Philipp Yankovsky (In Motion, 2002) and Fedor Bondarchuk ("9th Company", 2005); the prize winners of the A-class international film festivals - Alexey German-jr. ("The Last Train", 2003) and Ilya Khrzhanovsky ("4",2004); and symbolic representatives of Russian artistic circle Konstantin Murzenko ("April", 2001) and Renata Litvinova ("The Goddess: How I Fell In Love", 2004). At the moment Yelena Yatsura is preparing for release of two debut films. She is also collaborating in script writing with the most important Russian authors - Vladimir Sorokin and Maxim Kurochkin. One of these works or its combination could be that new step that she is looking for in her producer's activity. Yatsura says: "The task for producer is to hear the time, to guess a little bit ahead and to connect people who can express it so that they were in resonance to each other. In order to find the answer we have to set many known and unknown quantities: just because I've graduated the Mathematical school".

Kristina Shapovalova was born on 9 July 1989 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Marshrut postroen (2016), Zavtrak u papy (2016) and Olesya (2018).

Ilya Shagalov was born on 14 December 1986 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and actor, known for Akvarium (2023), Another Year (2014) and Kulturplatz (2004).

Arseniy Fogelev was born on 9 January 1985 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Bessmertnyy polk, Yuristy (2019) and Dama s sobachkoy (2022).

Leonid Kalashnikov was born on 19 September 1926 in Krasnodar, Severo-Kavkazskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Krasnodarskiy kray, Russia]. He was a cinematographer, known for The Theme (1979), Tetri karavani (1964) and Poslednyaya zhertva (1976). He was married to Inna Zelentsova. He died on 7 November 2005 in Moscow, Russia.

Georgiy Dmitriev was born on 29 October 1942 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a composer, known for Pristupit k likvidatsii (1984), Uragan prikhodit neozhidanno (1984) and Nagradit (Posmertno) (1987). He died on 15 July 2016.

Sergey Salnikov was born on 13 September 1925 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Sergey is known for Tretiy taym (1963) and Sekundomer (1971). Sergey died on 9 May 1984 in Zelenograd, USSR.