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Pavel Ruminov was born on 25 November 1974 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and writer, known for Dizlayk (2016), I'll Be Around (2012) and Obstoyatelstva (2009).

Olya Zueva was born in Russia, in Vladivostok - a harbor town, with a mix of random communist remains, expanding consumer culture, and people trying to survive in the oppressed, uninspiring environment. In a way, hers is a story of many: a girl feels she is destined for more than her hometown. She left home and became a model, walking the runways of Paris, Milan, London, yet, she was still unsatisfied. In 2006, she moved to New York and became an actress, further unsatisfying. Only when she wrote and directed her first short film did she find meaning. Ever since, her focus has been to make films as a director. She worked and collaborated on many projects with other filmmakers, and wrote and directed a number of her own short films. In 2012, she graduated with honors from The New School in Film and Screenwriting. In 2016, she directed her first feature film, In the Hood (2018) ("In The Hood"), which she also wrote the script for. Zueva currently lives and works between Moscow and New York.

Kristina Rihanoff was born on 22 September 1977 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is known for Patterns (2023), The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off (2010) and The Weakest Link (2000).

Oleg Pungin was born on 16 November 1968 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Mumiy Troll: Medvedica (2004), Mumiy Troll: Amba+ (2007) and SOS Matrosu (2018).

A graduate from the Leningrad Engineering Academy and the Moscow Film School, Spilny has written, directed and produced over 40 documentaries and feature films in the Soviet Union, Israel, Europe, Africa, Canada, and the United States. Spilny came to Los Angeles in 1980 and together with Fries Entertainment he developed and co-wrote Stalin, eight-hour mini-series for CBS, as well as a number of other projects for television networks. In 1987, Spilny wrote and produced Stalingrad, the first theatrical motion picture co-production between Warner Brothers and MosFilm Studios, Moscow. The next year he produced Cops in Russia (FOX Television Network), the first television special about the Soviet Police in the history of the American television. In October 1988, Spilny founded USSR Film Service Corporation -- a joint venture with Soviet State Film Committee. In two years, he built the company into a successful, high-profile management-production organization with regional offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Among USSR Film Service Corporation productions are Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991), an MOW for TNT; Friends of Summer, a Movie Of The Week for HBO; a Russian segment of Sharks of Steel, four-hour mini-series for the Discovery Channel, Inside The KGB, a 90-minute, prime-time special for NBC network television, where Spilny was an executive producer. Spilny has recently co-founded BooksToEnjoy.com, a company that is publishing beautifully illustrated books for children, unique books that entertain, educate and are in perfect accord with those virtues that are vital in teaching children.

Evgeniy Zvidennyy was born on 11 December 1968 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor and director, known for Mumiy Troll: Medvedica (2004), Mumiy Troll: Amba+ (2007) and SOS Matrosu (2018).

Artem Demenok was born in 1962 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Schatten des Krieges - Das sowjetische Erbe (2016), Deutsche Lebensläufe (2001) and Welthauptstadt Germania (2005).

Katya Khizhnyak was born on 6 November 1987 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is a costume designer and assistant director, known for Perdition (2010), Bhakti Boy and Tom & the Domme (2018).

Artur Demenev was born on 16 October 1972 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Utomlennye solntsem 2: Tsitadel (2011). He died on 21 June 2012.