Evgeny Kalachikhin

Experience

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  Lyceum at Donskaya, State-Funded Educational Institution No. 1553

  Sept 2001 - Aug 2007

  Extra-Curricular Activities Teacher

  Organized extra-curricular activities for students, such as visits to theaters and museums, scientific and research trips, hiking tours and sports games for the Lyceum and partner schools.

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  Channel One Russia

  Oct 2007 - Jun 2013

  Editor

  Edit archive materials, prepare database including translations from English, material descriptions and technical corrections. Prepare and issue material for broadcasting. Work with newsreels.

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  REDU Technology Development Center, LLC

  Feb 2008 - Mar 2011

  Director, Head of Video Production and Internet Broadcasting

  Developed creative concept and technical solutions of video productions and Internet broadcasting projects. Directed, edited and created computer graphics. Managed the creative team.Major achievements:1. 2008 – corporate film for the Moscow House of Nationalities2. 2009 – A Graduate’s Personal Anti-Crisis Plan, a series of lectures for the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, live broadcast to Russian universities, the final DVD with subsequent duplication.3. 2009 – Live broadcast and production of Merging Pharmaceutical Companies Merck and Schering-Plough, the final DVD with subsequent duplication. 4. 2010 – Live broadcast of Auto of the Year 2010 Show on the Internet.5. 2010 – Live broadcast of German Gref’s speech and corporate training class for Sberbank employees shown in its main branches in Russia. Show less

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  Red Square TV Company

  Oct 2008 - Feb 2009

  Editor

  Last Hero. Lost in Paradise ProjectEdited and composited in Avid Media Composer.Last Hero. Lost in Paradise. TV project, aired November 2008 – February 2009, Channel One, 15 episodes. http://www.1tv.ru/hero/ http://www.1tv.ru/videoarchive/6444&p=141&v=33

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  TEDx Vorobjovy Gory Project

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2010

  Director

  Prepared for and directed shooting of the Virtual Reality line, licensed by TED (http://www.ted.com/). Edited and processed final clips. Created the bumper, approved by TED USA with distinction, and graphics.

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  Masterskaya Movie Company

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

  Researched and selected video, cinema and news photographs from Russian archives and foreign sources for following projects: The USSR. Collapse. Aired December 2011, Russia-1 TV, 8 episodes, 54 minutes each. http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/654918/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lUDqPJYbXY;August of 1991. Versions. Aired August 2011, Russia-1 TV, 45 minutes. http://rutube.ru/video/a9f93b1f0b75fc0502efc37918a34a5a/Boris Yeltsin. Life and Fate. Aired February 2011, Russia-1 TV, 2 episodes, 45 minutes each. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDo-VGgzI6w Show less

  • Film Director

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Newsreel Material Editor

    Oct 2010 - Aug 2011
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  Freelance / Documentary Production

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Director of Photography, Director of Editing

  Yuri Ginsburg Production Company, Moscow, Mosfilm Cinema ConcernI, Venichka... FilmJob Functions:Responsible for retaking and editing sections of the film, and correcting miscounted animation.I, Venichka..., documentary sponsored by the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, 52 minutes, shown at the XVIII Stalker International Human Rights Film Festival, December 2012.http://www.stalkerfest.org/filmy/2012/ya-venichka/

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  Freelance / Documentary production

  Aug 2012 - Oct 2012

  1st Assistant Director, Director of Editing, Graphic Design

  The Unnoticed Generation of Vladimir Varshavsky FilmJob Functions:Provided creative solutions for resolving technical film problems for the director; edited with FinalCut Pro; selected and processed images, created graphic designs, captions and text boxes using Motion and Adobe AfterEffects software; corrected color with Color software; mastered output. All the work was done using my own equipment.The Unnoticed Generation of Vladimir Varshavsky: documentary sponsored by the Russian Way Studio of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad, Moscow, http://www.bfrz.ru/, http://www.cinema-rp.com/. Aired December 2012, Culture TV, TV version - 38 minutes; festival version - 45 minutes. http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/34706 Show less

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  Our Cinema (Nashe Kino)

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Editor

  - Contributed key work on four productions: Berezkovsky; Chechnya - Hard Dawn; Liberators Series; Field Marshal Paulus, Stalin’s Personal Captive, or the Satrap Operation; New Look Series.- Manage projects from pre- to post-production.- Select material for bumpers, graphics and marketing materials.- Monitor and fact check historical and political aspects of films.

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  Masterskaya Cinema Co.

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Editor

  Was involved in the pre-production of the documentary on modern Russian history to be aired on one of the federal networks. Gathered media data on Russia's recent events in 1999-2013. The film title, the name of the network and the airing date are confidential until the show's premire.

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  Freelance

  Oct 2013 - Mar 2015

  News Editor/Director/Video Editor. Producer and script writer for adventure live-action games.
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  Freelance Film Production

  May 2014 - now

  Director, Editor, Colorist, VR-Artist

  Different positions in movie creation. My filmography can be found here: smartmagicstudio.com

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  Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI

  May 2017 - Oct 2017

  Research Assistant

  Capture & Display Systems Research Group, Panoramic UHD Video Department, Omni-Cam 360 and Time Lab team.https://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/vit/technologies-and-solutions/capture/panoramic-uhd-video.htmlCapture & Display Systems (CDS) group is focused on innovative software and hardware solutions for complex capture and display systems in the 2D and 3D video processing domain. The wide range of applications covers digital and 3D cinema, 3D broadcast, media production, digital signage, culture heritage as well as medical and industrial 3D processes. In this context the main expertise is to design and develop multi-camera systems, ultra-high definition (UHD) video screens, auto-stereoscopic displays and virtual-reality (VR) glasses. Current highlights are the TiME Lab for immersive UHD and 3D audio experiences, the OmniCam-360 for capturing panoramic UHD video, interactive streaming of panoramic video for VR glasses, tri- and quad-focal camera rigs for cinema and broadcast as well as the wide range of 3D processing tools and solutions for auto-stereoscopy. Show less