ABOUT ME

I am a professional film director.

CURRENT MISSION

Building a new life from scratch after leaving Russia for good.

PHILOSOPHY

Freedom is the only homeland I need.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel a lot across Russia and the world, I like to meet and communicate with new people.

Interests

Traveling, urban exploration (digging, roofing), hiking, hitchhiking, cinema, books, musical instruments, foreign languages, other cultures, meeting new people, sharing experiences, and more.

• arts
• books
• movies
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• languages
• hitchhiking
• urban exploration
• bicycle
• roofing
• ropejumping
• digging

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS

«The Godfather» — Mario Puzo; «The Magus» — John Fowles; «Dangerous Liaisons» — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos; «Shantaram» — Gregory David Roberts; «Jane Eyre» — Charlotte Brontë; «The Picture of Dorian Gray» — Oscar Wilde; «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» — Ken Kesey; «The Master and Margarita» — Mikhail Bulgakov; «Harry Potter» — J. K. Rowling, «The Monk» — Matthew Gregory Lewis; «Catch Me If You Can» — Frank William Abagnale; «Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!» — Ralph Leighton and Richard Feynman; «And Then There Were None» — Agatha Christie; «The Reader» («Der Vorleser») — Bernhard Schlink; and so on.

MOVIES

It's my profession and I really like cinematograph.

My favorite films (and Film Directors):
All of Andrey Tarkovsky's films, include «Solaris» and «Stalker»; Krzysztof Kieslowski's, Lars von Trier's, Park Chan-wook's and Roman Polanski's films.

Film Directors whom else I respect and admire:
Charlie Chaplin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ingmar Bergman, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Quentin Tarantino, and so on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. RopeJumping (few times).

2. Autonomous single trekking in the wild in the Golan Heights in Israel, meeting with wild animals, I slept overnight in a tree surrounded by hungry hyenas..

3. Two large hitchhiking trips across all Russia: Moscow-Vladivostok and Moscow-Magadan. And the hitchhiking trip Moscow-Hong Kong.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to learn new things when there is such an opportunity. I like to learn to play musical instruments and learn new languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Funny stories from my travels, stories about female hitchhiking, a good mood, guitar songs (if you have a guitar), sometimes I can cook something delicious for tea or bring it from the store.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, Israel, Russian Federation, Thailand