Mikhail Saburov

Mikhail (Michael) Saburov was born in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 1995. Since 5 years of age Mikhail performed and later directed in a local theatre of L. K. Dikovsky earning multiple national and international awards (as The best male actor at "The Northern Venice" International Festival of Children and Youth theaters). In 2009 M. Saburov studied filmmaking at School of Cinema and Media Business "STRANA" and received a qualification of 1-st Assistant Director successfully producing and directing a short film, "Reflection". In 2010 and 2011 Mikhail served as a member (and later the head) of junior jury at a "V Krugu Semie International Film Festival" (In Family Circle International Film Festival) curated by award-winning actor Valeri Zolotuhin and award-winning director Krzysztof Zanussi. In 2012 M. Saburov moved to NYC to study film directing at the School of Visual Arts working on multiple film productions including a TV pilot episode produced by multiple Emmy and DGA award-winner Christopher Goutman (position: 1-st Assistant Director). 2014 - wrote, produced and directed "Ascendant", short film. 2015 - worked as a guest director on "Neverland" the web-series (Ep. 1) 2015 - wrote, directed and edited "Remember Us", short film.