Dmitry Shpilenok
Dmitry Shpilenok | |
|---|---|
| Born | Шпиленок Дмитрий Петрович April 27, 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Documentary filmmaker, operator, environmental inspector |
| Years active | 1996—present |
Dmitry Shpilenok is a Russian documentary filmmaker, operator, and producer. For many years he has also worked as an environmental inspector.
Biography[edit]
Dmitry Shpilenok was born in Belaya Berezka village in Bryansk region. He comes from a family of wildlife protectors, his elder brother Igor Shpilenok is world-famous wildlife photographer and founder of the Bryansky Les nature reserve.[1][2]
In 1991-96 he studied at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University. After graduation he moved to the Bryansky Les to work as a government inspector fighting illegal poaching. During that time he launched his own studio and filmed more than 30 projects about nature reserves of Russia.[1]
In 2007, he moved to Kamchatka to make a documentary about wild salmon. However, he found that it was impossible to film because of massive illegal poaching. He joined the team of his nephew Tikhon Shpilenok who was director of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve. They fought with poacher gangs who enjoyed protection of both local officials and law enforcement. Only after 6 years he returned to his initial project and started filming.[1][3][4]
Filmography[edit]
In 2015 Shpilenok made Kamchatka bears. Life begins, its concept was created in collaboration with Igor Shpilenok. Dmitry spent 7 months in Kamchatka’s wilderness to film the first steps of bears. The world premiere took place in Finland in 2018,[5] the movie was selected for more than 35 film festivals and got 20 awards.[6][7]
Shpilenok's next movie Sockeye Salmon, Red Fish was released in 2020. It included footage taken during his inspector years of fighting poachers.[8][9] Macro scenes of caviar and spawn were made by his brother Nikolay, a wildlife photographer, who put the fish tanks in his house and kept low temperature to create conditions close to natural.[10] The movie entered more than 168 film festivals around the world and received 51 awards.[11]
In March 2020, Shpilenok launched his new project — a documentary about Kamchatka foxes. He plans to film during three seasons and finish in 2022. Three fox families were selected as protagonists. The plot will depend on their real life stories.[12][13]
In 2021, Shpilenok released a short movie ‘Valley of Geysers’.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Игорь Шпиленок: «Мы бьёмся за то, что мы любим»" [Igor Shpilenok: ‘We fight for what we love’] (in Russian). Russian Geographic Society. 2019-10-14. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "«Камчатка подарила самые счастливые моменты жизни»" [’Kamchatka gave me best moments of my life’] (in Russian). Kamchatka Inform. 2018-04-28. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "«Увидели фонарики на речке — ясно было, что это не туристы»" [‘We saw flashlights and understood there were no tourists’]. Медуза (in Russian). 2020-08-26.
- ^ "Брянец Дмитрий Шпиленок рассказал о масштабах браконьерства в России" [Dmitry Shpilenok from Bryansk on massive poaching in Russia] (in Russian). Bryansk News. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ TASS (2018). "«МЕДВЕДИ КАМЧАТКИ» Как снимали самый необычный фильм о жизни косолапых хищников" [Kamchatka bears: making the most unusual film on taliped predators]. ТАСС (in Russian).
- ^ "Брянец Дмитрий Шпиленок получил «Золотого орла-2019»" [Dmitry Shpilenok gets Golden Eagle Award 2019]. Bryansk today (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Медведи Камчатки. Начало жизни, 2018" [Kamchatka bears. Life begins]. goldenravenfilmfest.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "В США состоится мировая премьера фильма «Нерка. Рыба красная»" [World Premiere of ‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’ movie in USA]. Аргументы и факты (in Russian). 2020-03-11.
- ^ Strukova, Y. (2020-08-31). "«Российская премьера фильма "Нерка. Рыба красная" состоялась в Москве" [World premiere of ‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’ in Moscow]. Новости культуры (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "«Нерка. Рыба красная»" [‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’] (in Russian). Bryansk news. 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Путешествие на Камчатку: премьера фильма «Нерка. Рыба красная» на телеканале «Моя Планета»" (in Russian). TV Worker. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Первый сезон съемок фильма «Камчатка. Рассказ в лисах» успешно завершен" [First season of ‘Kamchatka. Story in foxes’ is successfully wrapped] (in Russian). Экология России. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Bagdanova, M. (2022-01-08). "«Голодали и натерпелись не зря». О жизни лис на Камчатке" [‘We starved and suffered for a reason’ Life of Kamchatka's foxes] (in Russian). Sib Real. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "«Такая огромная ответственность, что ноги подкашиваются»" [‘The responsibility is so high that knees get weak’] (in Russian). Kamchatka Inform. 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2022-07-21.