Dmitry Shpilenok Explained

Dmitry Shpilenok
Birth Name:Шпиленок Дмитрий Петрович
Birth Date:27 April 1973
Occupation: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

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 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

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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ru . Игорь Шпиленок: «Мы бьёмся за то, что мы любим» . Igor Shpilenok: ‘We fight for what we love’ . Russian Geographic Society . 2019-10-14 . 2022-07-20 . 2022-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707105828/https://www.rgo.ru/ru/article/igor-shpilenok-my-byomsya-za-chto-my-lyubim . live.
  2. Web site: ru . "Камчатка подарила самые счастливые моменты жизни" . Kamchatka Inform . ’Kamchatka gave me best moments of my life’ . 2018-04-28 . 2022-07-20 . 2022-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722000714/https://kamchatinfo.com/masters/detail/25078/ . live.
  3. News: "Увидели фонарики на речке — ясно было, что это не туристы". ru. ‘We saw flashlights and understood there were no tourists’. Медуза. 2020-08-26.
  4. Web site: ru . Брянец Дмитрий Шпиленок рассказал о масштабах браконьерства в России. Dmitry Shpilenok from Bryansk on massive poaching in Russia . Bryansk News . 2018-02-26 . 2022-07-21.
  5. News: «МЕДВЕДИ КАМЧАТКИ» Как снимали самый необычный фильм о жизни косолапых хищников. ru. Kamchatka bears: making the most unusual film on taliped predators. TASS. ТАСС. 2018.
  6. Web site: Брянец Дмитрий Шпиленок получил «Золотого орла-2019». ru. Dmitry Shpilenok gets Golden Eagle Award 2019. Bryansk today. 26 January 2019 . 2020-10-11.
  7. Web site: Медведи Камчатки. Начало жизни, 2018. ru. Kamchatka bears. Life begins. goldenravenfilmfest.ru. 2020-10-11.
  8. News: В США состоится мировая премьера фильма «Нерка. Рыба красная». ru. World Premiere of ‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’ movie in USA . Аргументы и факты. 2020-03-11.
  9. News: «Российская премьера фильма "Нерка. Рыба красная" состоялась в Москве. Strukova, Y.. ru. World premiere of ‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’ in Moscow. Новости культуры. 2020-08-31. 2022-07-25. 2020-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008012551/https://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/367247/. dead.
  10. Web site: "Нерка. Рыба красная". ru. ‘Sockeye Salmon. Red fish’ . Bryansk news . 2020-12-28 . 2022-07-23.
  11. Web site: ru . Путешествие на Камчатку: премьера фильма «Нерка. Рыба красная» на телеканале «Моя Планета» . TV Worker . 2021-03-04 . 2022-07-25.
  12. Web site: Первый сезон съемок фильма «Камчатка. Рассказ в лисах» успешно завершен. ru. First season of ‘Kamchatka. Story in foxes’ is successfully wrapped . Экология России . 2020-11-11 . 2022-07-21.
  13. Web site: Bagdanova, M. . «Голодали и натерпелись не зря». О жизни лис на Камчатке. ru. ‘We starved and suffered for a reason’ Life of Kamchatka's foxes . Sib Real . 2022-01-08 . 2022-07-21.
  14. Web site: "Такая огромная ответственность, что ноги подкашиваются". ru. ‘The responsibility is so high that knees get weak’ . Kamchatka Inform . 2021-05-15 . 2022-07-21.

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