Elena Okopnaya
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| Born | 1985-01-17 Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR (now Yekaterinburg, Russia) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Production designer, costume designer, director, producer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Elena Okopnaya (born January 17, 1985, Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a Russian production designer, costume designer, director, and producer. She gained widespread recognition for creating the visual style of films by Aleksei German Jr. since 2011.
Biography
Elena Okopnaya was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). From early childhood, she studied ballet and performed in the ballet theater "The Nutcracker" from 1989 to 2000.
She studied at the Specialized Educational Scientific Center of Ural Federal University until 2002, then continued her education at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), majoring in linguistics and intercultural communication until 2004.
From 2003 to 2007, she worked at VGIK film studio as a film director assistant. In 2009, she graduated from VGIK’s Faculty of Producing and Economics.
Between 2017 and 2019, she studied directing at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) film school, in the workshop of Pavel Lungin and Irina Volkova.
Okopnaya began her career at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio as a location manager, administrator, and post-production administrator before moving into the art department, where she focused on film production design.
She produced the contemporary dance project "Doors Wide Open" featuring artists from the Bolshoi Ballet, and for many years curated the film club at the Practice Theater.[1]
Exhibition Activity
Curator of the experimental project "Now 2017" (together with Antonio Jeuza), which presented a dialogue between art and cinema and expanded the traditional boundaries of cinema as an art form. The project showcased experiments from the 1970s using video technology, altering cinematic narratives and transforming the exhibition space into a new perceptual experience where the main protagonist became the object. The exhibition was held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA).[2][3][4][5]
Visual style
Elena Okopnaya’s work is distinguished by meticulous attention to detail and a special focus on the historical and emotional context through documentary materials. Her style harmoniously combines artistic expressiveness with the authenticity of the era, giving the films a profound visual layer.[6]
Selected Filmography
Director
- Yan Antonychev (2021, producer Evgeny Gerasimov)
- Dreams of Beslan (2025)
Production Designer and Costume Designer
- Under Electric Clouds (2015) — costume designer
- From Tokyo (short film) — production designer, costume designer
- Dovlatov (2018) — production designer, costume designer
- 5000 Days Forward (short film) — production designer, costume designer
- The Case (2021) — production designer, costume designer[7]
- Air (2023) — production designer, costume designer[8]
- Architect: The Story of Aleksei German and His Films (2023) — production designer
- Lost (2024) — production designer
- My Son (2025) — production designer, costume designer
Awards and Nominations
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Berlin International Film Festival (2018)[9][10]
- Nika Award for Best Work on the Film Dovlatov (2019)
- East-West. Golden Arch Award for Best Production Design (2019)[11]
- Nominations for Best Production Designer and Best Costume Designer at the Golden Eagle Awards (2024) and Nika Awards (2024) for Air (2023)[12][13]
References
- ↑ Elena Anisimova (2018-02-24). "Elena Okopnaya: "I spent six months collecting items for 'Dovlatov' at flea markets"". Sobaka.ru.
- ↑ "Boris Lipnitsky Exhibition Opened in Moscow". Kommersant. 2015-11-05.
- ↑ "Project "Now 2017" at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art". Museums of Russia.
- ↑ "Speech Architects' Skyscraper Appeared in Alexey German Jr.'s New Film". Speech.
- ↑ "Interview with Elena Okopnaya". BFM.ru.
- ↑ "How the costumes and interiors of the 70s were created for the film "Dovlatov"". The Symbol. 2018-03-12.
- ↑ Darya Gladkikh (2021-08-12). ""The Case" by Aleksei German Jr. to Open the 29th Window to Europe Film Festival". Sobaka.ru.
- ↑ Elena Volkovitskaya (2024-12-11). ""I Create Worlds": Production and Costume Designer Elena Okopnaya on Her Work and Inspiration". moi-portal.ru.
- ↑ Ekaterina Chesnokova (2018-02-24). "Elena Okopnaya Receives Silver Bear at Berlinale for "Dovlatov"". RIA Novosti.
- ↑ Olesya Pushkina (27 June 2018). "Production Designer Elena Okopnaya: "I Draw the Universe"". Sobaka.ru.
- ↑ "East-West. Golden Arch Award (2019)". kskino.ru.
- ↑ Sofia Parfenova (2024-12-23). ""Air" by Aleksei German Jr. and Elena Okopnaya among Golden Eagle Nominees 2024". Sobaka.ru.
- ↑ "Nika National Film Award Nominees 2024". kino-nika.com.
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