Born in 1973 in St. Petersburg but based in Moscow, Evgeny Mayzel is
Russian writer, film critic, chief-editor of kinoart.ru, the online version
of “Iskusstvo Kino” (Film Art), which is the sole academic independent
monthly magazine in the country. Working on the side as a teacher
and lecturer at cinema schools and a curator of film programs for some
Russian film festivals, Mayzel is a member of the Russian Guild of Film
Critics and a member of FIPRESCI.