Biography

Andrei Deryabin was born: 23 March 1963. In 1989: Faculty of Literature, Saint-Petersburg State University. From 1986-93: Library File Editor, Saint-Petersburg State University; and then Deputy Director of the University Library.

Since 1992 he has worked with ABC (USA) as a local producer in Saint-Petersburg (TV-news and special projects). In 1993 founded Hermitage Bridge Studio, a controlling interest in which belongs to the State Hermitage Museum (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). The Studio has partial use of the resource of Lenfilm Feature Film Studios. From 1993 to the present HBS has produced TV programs, feature films and documentaries (see separate list of company's activities). As General Director of HBS Andrey Deryabin works as production manager, line producer, associate producer, producer and scriptwriter in movie business. 1997 - "Twinning": Three-session workshop for co-productions, organized by international program MEDIA - EUREKA. 2005 - EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) Program. EAVE is a leading European media training programme providing long and short seminars - workshops and forums - as well as continuous services on-line to European producers and professionals. 2005 - Country representative in E*M*P*A (European Motion Picture Producer's Association) 2006 - ACE producer (Ateliers du Cinema Europeen - a European training Programme and mutually supportive network of producers serving independent cinema).
- IMDb mini biography by: AD

Languages: native Russian; spoken and written English; reading knowledge of Polish/Ukrainian.

Lives in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Cannes IFF

Saint-Petersburg, Russia