Biography

Russian experimental filmmaker Dmitri Frolov is known for his abstract, atmospheric films that explore themes of memory, time, and existential reflection through minimalist visual storytelling. Dmitri Frolov in 1990 he graduated from the University of Cinema and Television. He worked as an assistant to the operator and operator of the studio "Lentelefilm", the operator of the television company "Black Quadrate Television" (Great Britain), the film company "STV", etc. From the beginning of the 80s he was shooting author's cinema. Dmitri Frolov's experimental work is devoted to the revival of the cinematic form of the early twentieth century, which fills the format of a short, silent tape with the content of symbolist culture. His author's films are shot exclusively on the film "Svema". Even in spite of the fact that the mentioned film material factory has remained far in the Soviet past and does not release the film, it revives the film materials, continuing to be true to the brand chosen in the childhood. When asked why this is so, it answers that only "Svema" due to its unpredictability and heterogeneity of the emulsion, is the living material that is able to convey the thrill of the life of the character and even seemingly lifeless object. A screenwriter, director and operator of more than 40 short films that took part in several dozen domestic ones (Kinoshok in Anapa, Pure Dreams and Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, Sine Phantom Fest in Moscow, etc.) and foreign festivals ( In Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Madrid, Hamburg, Cologne, Dresden, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Helsinki, Tampere, Sydney, Mexico and others). The creator of the site about the Independent Cinema - a resource devoted to parallel, experimental, author's cinema, avant-garde. Cooperates with composer S.Oskolkov in the creation of playing tapes and in the International Festival of Arts "Sergei Oskolkov and his friends", which is held annually in June in St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum. Author of music videos for the group "Auktsion". As an operator he cooperates with the St. Petersburg cinema and television companies. In 2008, Dmitry Frolov received the bronze "Orpheus" in the nomination "Best operator of a television documentary" - for a series of documentary-publicist programs "Children of the Blockade".
- IMDb mini biography by: Alex Kinoff