ALGOUS studio

ALGOUS studio is the leading visual effects studio in Russia. 

We create visual effects using and improving the leading solutions in IT, VR, AI and other aspects of computer graphics for cinema. This allows our clients to realize their creative vision throughout the entire production process: from the script till the theatrical release. Talented team and more than 22 years of industry experience let our studio participate in both major commercial projects and art-house movies, which won awards of all major film festivals in the world. We have successfully established ourselves not only in the Russian film market, but also abroad, working with major studios and taking part in the shooting of films in many countries around the world.

In 2020 our studio won the Golden Eagle award for the best visual effects for the movie "T-34. 

Our works:
 

FAU: ESCAPE FROM HELL2020

Director: Timur Beckmambetov, Sergei Trofimov

Producers: Timur Beckmambetov, Igor Ugolnikov

Cinematographer: Elena Ivanova

Oue work: VFX-production and supervising

Sputnik2020

Director: Egor Abramenko

Producers: Fedor Bondarchuk

Cinematographer: Maxim Zhukov

Oue work: VFX-production

T-342019

Director: Aleksey Sidorov

Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Nelly Yaralova, Leonard Balavatnik

Cinematographer: Mikhail Milashin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

LOOKING UP2019

Directors: Chao Deng, Baimei Yu

Producer: Leng Yi

Production: China

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

THE MYSTERY OF DRAGON SEAL: THE JOURNEY TO CHINA2019

Director: Oleg Stepchenko

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Aleksey Petrukhin, Ruslan Ustinov

Cinematographer: Ivan Gudkov, Man-Ching Ng

Production: Russia, China, USA

Our work: VFX-production

GATEKEEPER OF THE GALAXY2019

Director: Dzhanik Fayziev

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Dzhanik Fayziev, Anton Zlatopolskiy

Cinematographer: Maksim Osadchiy

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

STORM2019

Director: Boris Khlebnikov

Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Eduard Iloyan, Irina Sosnovaya

Cinematographer: Alisher Khamidkhodzayev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

ILYINSKY RUBICON2019

Director: Vadim Shmelev

Producers: Igor Ugolnikov, Igor Furmanuk

Cinematographer: Andrey Gurkin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-superviding, VFX-production

BEANPOLE2019

Director: Kantemir Balagov

Producers: Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Michel Merkt

Cinematographers: Kseniya Sereda

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE2019

Director: Kirill Sokolov 

Producers: Sofiko Kiknavelidze

Cinematographer: Dmitriy Ulyukaev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

TO PARIS!2019

Director: Sergey Sarkisov

Producers: Sergey Sarkisov, Aleksandr Zhizhnevskiy, Rustam Yusipov, Valeria Kolesnik

Cinematographer: Vladimir Klimov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

ZULEYHA OPENS HER EYES (TV-series)2019

Director: Egor Anashkin

Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Irina Smirnova

Cinematographers: Shandor Berkeshi, Alexey Fedorov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

SAVING LENINGRAD2019

Director: Alexey Kozlov

Producers: Alexey Kozlov, Arkady Fateev, Elena Gromova

Cinematographers: Gleb Vavilov, Alexey Doronkin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

THE TOLSTOY DEFENSE2018

Director: Dunya Smirnova

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Viktoria Shamlikashvili, Natalya Smirnova

Cinematographer: Maksim Osadchiy

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

CORE OF THE WORLD2018

Director: Nataliya Meshchaninova

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Tatyana Bonakova, Natalya Drozd

Cinematographer: Evgeniy Tsvetkov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

TWO TICKETS HOME2018

Director: Dmitriy Meskhiev

Producers: Dmitriy Meskhiev, Sergey Garmash, Anton Zlatopolskiy

Cinematographer: Vladimir Bashta

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

PUSHKIN HILLS2018

Director: Anna Matison

Producers: Sergey Bezrukov, Maria Karneeva, Natalia Lavrova

Cinematographer: Sergey Trofimov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

BERYOZKA2018

Director: Aleksandr Baranov

Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Ilya Papernov, Irina Smirnova

Cinematographer: Egor Surovtsev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

GIRLS DON'T GIVE UP2018

Directors: Sergey Krasnov, Maria Kravchenko, Artem Nasybulin

Producers: Darya Legoni-Fialko, Irina Smirnova, Alina Krupnova

Cinematographers: Sergey Komarov, Sergey Komarov jr., Mikhail Orkin, Aleksey Morozov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

LILI2018

Directors: Anton Chizhikov, Ilya Chizhikov

Producers: Anatoly Chizhikov, Sergey Kulikov, Elena Gosman

Cinematographer: Alexey Timm

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

ANIMATOR2018

Directors: Anton Chizhikov, Ilya Chizhikov

Producers: Anatoly Chizhikov, Sergey Kulikov, Elena Gosman

Cinematographer: Anton Zhabin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

SALYUT-72017

Director: Klim Shipenko

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Yuliya Mishkinene, Bakur Bakuradze

Cinematographers: Sergey Astakhov, Ivan Burlakov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

THE ORDEAL (TV series)2017

Director: Konstantin Khudyakov

Producers: Timur Vainshtein, Yury Sapronov, Irina Bark, Susanna Muazen

Cinematographer: Maksim Shinkorenko

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

CANDIDATE (music video by Leingrad)2017

Director: Anna Parmas

Producers: Natalya Smirnova, Tatyana Bonakova

Cinematographers: Aleksandr Polishchyk, Anton Drozdov-Schastlivtsev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

MATHILDE2017

Director: Aleksey Uchitel

Producers: Aleksey Uchitel, Aleksandr Dostman, Vladimir Vinokur

Cinematographer: Yury Klimenko

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

ECSTASY (music video by Leingrad)2017

Director: Anna Parmas

Producers: Natalya Smirnova, Tatyana Bonakova

Cinematographer: Anton Zhabin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

TORGSIN (TV series)2017

Director: Dmitry Petrun

Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Irina Smirnova

Cinematographer: Egor Suvortsev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

SKLIFOSOVSKY2017

Director: Yulia Krasnova

Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Irina Smirnova

Cinematographer: Aleksandr Gorulev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Z2017

Director: Vasily Sigarev

Producers: Sofiko Kiknavalidze

Cinematographer: Maksim Zhukov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, VFX-production

FIVE MINUTES OF SILENCE2017

Director: Aleksey Prazdnikov

Producers: Rodion Pavluchik, Pavel Babin, Igor Marin

Cinematographer: Aleksandr Burtsev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

THE ICEBREAKER2016

Director: Nikolay Khomeriki

Producers: Igor Tolstunov, Sergey Kozlov, Alexander Kozlov

Cinematographer: Fedor Lyass

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

PETERSBURG. ONLY FOR LOVE2016

Directors: Aksinya Gog, Natalya Nazarova, Oksana Bychkova

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Eduard Pichugin, Natalya Smirnova

Cinematographers: Kseniya Sereda, Kirill Bobrov, Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

 

BATALON2015

Director: Dmitriy Meskhiev

Producers: Ilya Avramenko, Igor Ugolnikov, Evgeniy Ayzikovich

Cinematographer: Ilya Averbakh

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production, Second unit director

Number of shots: ~ 500

WAR PIGS2015

Director: Ryan Little

Producers: Luke Daniels, Brad Scott, Chad A. Verdi

Cinematographer: Ty Arnold

Production: USA

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 70

CATHERINE THE GREAT (TV series)2015

Director: Igor Zaitsev

Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Elena Denisevich, Aram Movsesyan

Cinematographer: Goran Pavichevich

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, Second unit director

THE LAST FRONTIER2015

Director: Sergey Krasnov

Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Irina Smirnova

Cinematographer: Vladimir Volodin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 200

BATTLE FOR SEVASTOPOL2015

Director: Sergey Mokritskiy

Producers: Egor Olesov, Natalya Mokritskaya, Ulyana Saveleva

Cinematographer: Yuriy Korol

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

THE OTHERS (TV series)2015

Director: Aleksandr Yakimchuk

Producers: Daria Fialko, Aleksey Rybin, Igor Gudkov

Cinematographer: Garik Zhamgaryan

Production: Russia

Our work: Color correction

LUBOV SPEAKS (miniseries)2015

Directors: Andrey Libenson, Victor Tatarsky

Cinematographer: Garik Zhamgaryan

Production: Russia

Our work: Color correction

I WON'T COME BACK 2014

Director: Ilmar Raag

Producers: Natalya Drozd, Sergey Selyanov, Riina Sildos

Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri

Production: Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 40

 

VASILISA2014

Director: Anton Sivers

Producers: Andrey Smirnov, Yury Sapronov, Mikhail Vavilov

Cinematographer: Ilya Avebakh

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 350

VIY2014

Director: Oleg Stepchenko

Producers: Aleksandr Kulikov, Ruslan Ustinov, Aleksey Petrukhin

Cinematographers: Vladimir Smutny, Yaroslav Pilunsky

Production: Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Great Britain, Czech Republic

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 130

FORT ROSS: IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE 2014

Director: Yury Moroz

Producers: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Sergey Shushanyants, Yury Moroz

Cinematographers: Nikolay Ivasiv

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 350

YOLKI 32014

Directors: Olga Kharina, Dmitry Kiselev, Aleksandr Kott

Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Iva Stromilova, Mikhail Kitaev

Cinematographers: Sergey Trofimov, Mikhail Milashin, Andrey Vakorin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising

EXPRESS "MOSKOW-RUSSIA"2014

Director: Igor Voloshin

Producers: Denis Rodimin, Sergey Svetlakov, Igor Voloshin

Cinematographer: Dmitry Yashonkov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 350

INQUISITOR (TV-series)2014

Director: Yury Moroz

Producers: Igor Tolstunov, Sergey Kozlov, Anna Kagarlitskaya

Cinematographer: Nikolay Ivasiv

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 250

STAR2014

Director: Anna Melikyan

Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Anna Melikyan, Aram Movsevya

Cinematographer: Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 150

SNOW AND ASHES (TV-series)2014

Director: Aleksandr Kirienko

Producers: Rodion Pavluchik, Nikita Shumakov, Igor Marin

Cinematographer: Andrey Vorobiev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

22 MINUTES2014

Director: Vasily Serikov

Producers: Aleksey Sidorov, Maria Kozhurinicheva, Maria El

Cinematographer: Dmitry Yashonkov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 900

RED MOUNTAINS (TV-series)2013

Director: Igor Zaytsev

Producers: Denis Frolov, Aleksandr Malinkovich

Cinematographer: Ivan Burlakov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising

ТОТ ЕЩЕ КАРЛСОН2012

Director: Sarik Andreasyan

Producers: Georgy Malkov, Sarik Andreasyan, Gevond Andreasyan

Cinematographer: Anton Zenkovich

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 400

AUGUST. EIGHTH2012

Director: Dzhanik Fayziev

Producers: Dzhanik Fayziev, Ilya Bachurin, Fedor Bondarchuk

Cinematographer: Sergey Trofimov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 30

METRO2012

Director: Anton Megerdichev

Producers: Igor Tolstunov, Sergey Kozlov, Anna Kagarlistkaya

Cinematographers: Sergey Astahov, Sergey Shults

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 100

GAGARIN - FIRST IN SPACE2012

Director: Pavel Pahromenko

Producers: Oleg Kapanets, Dmitry Murin, Anthony Waller

Cinematographer: Anton Antonov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 45

VYSOTSKY: THANK GOD I'M ALIVE2011

Director: Petr Buslov

Producers: Anatoly Maksimov, Konstantin Ernst, Nikita Vysotsky

Cinematographer: Igor Grinyakin

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-prudiction

Number of shots: ~ 150

YOLKI 22011

Directors: Dmitry Kiselev, Aleksandr Baranov, Aleksandr Kott

Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Iva Stromilova, Olga Kharina

Cinematographers: Levan Kapanadze, Maksim Shinkorenko, Andrey Makarov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 35

SHADOW BOXING 3. THE FINAL ROUND 2011

Directors: Aleksey Sidorov

Producers: Aleksey Sidorov, Ruben Dishdishyan, Mikhail Kitaev

Cinematographer: Dmitry Yashonkov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, VFX-prodiction

Number of shots: ~ 400

ROBINSON (TV-series)2011

Director: Sergey Bobrov

Producers: Anastasiya Tarlakyan, Dmitry Meskhiev, Oleg Lubev, Yury Sapronov, Andrey Smirnov

Cinematographer: Yury Shaygardanov, Igor Klebanov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-prodiction

SALAMANDRA'S KEY2010

Director: Aleksandr Yakimchuk

Producers: Sergey Matvienko, Katerina Vetrova, Vadim Finkelshtein

Cinematographers: Edgar Zhamgaryan

Production: Russia, USA, Netherlands

Our work: VFX-production

I WON'T TELL2010

Director: Igor Kopylov

Producers: Sergey Skomorohov, Sergey Koshonin

Cinematographers: Dmitry Mass

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

FAUST2010

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Producer: Andrey Sigle

Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel

Production: Russia, Germany, USA, France, Japan, Great Britain, Italy

Our work: VFX-supervising

BUNRAKU2010

Director: Guy Moshe

Producers: Ram Bergman, Keith Calder, Nava Levin

Cinematographer: Juan Ruiz Anchía

Production: USA

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 150

RED SKY2010

Director: Mario Van Peebles

Producers: Yakov Bentsvi, Sergey Bespalov, Russel Gray

Cinematographer: Ronald Hersey

Production: USA, Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising

Number of shots: ~150

YOU'RE NEXT2010

Director: Adam Wingard

Producers: Simon Barrett, Keith Calder, Kim Sherman

Cinematographer: Andrew Droz Palermo

Production: USA, Great Britain

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 6

M+W (I love you)2009

Director: Aleskandr Chernykh

Producers: Anna Melikyanm, Ruben Dishdishyan

Cinematographer: Oleg Kirichenko

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising

LIGOVKA2009

Director: Aleskandra Butko, Aleksey Molochnik

Producers: Anstasiya Torlakyan, Evgeny Grigoriev, Aleksandr Oleynikov, Vlad Ryashin, Rodion Pavluchik, Alidzhan Ibragimov, Igor Marin, Olga Kochetkova

Cinematographer: Aleksey Orlov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

TAMING OF THE SULLEN ONES2009

Director: Igor Kalenov

Producers: Igor Kalenov, Evgeny Grigoriev, Rodion Pavluchik

Cinematographer: Andrey Vorobiev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

MILITARY SPY AGENCY2009

Director: Aleskey Prazdnikov

Producers: Rodion Pavluchik, Igor Marin, Olga Kochetkova

Cinematographer: Stepan Kovalenko

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

GOLD OF TROYA (TV-series)2008

Director: Igor Kalenov

Producers: Igor Kalenov, Evgeny Grigoriev

Cinematographer: Andrey Vorobiev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, action director, action editor

THE GAME2008

Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Producers: Aleksey Uchitel, Sergey Titinkov

Cinematographer: Aleksandr Smirnov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~30

GITLER KAPUT!2008

Director: Maryus Vaysberg

Producers: Sergey Livnev, Bohdan Graczyk

Cinematographer: Irek Khartovich

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing

WANTED2008

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Adam Siegel, Marc Silvestri

Cinematographer: Mitchell Amundsen

Production: USA, Germany

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 6

ALEKSANDR. BATTLE OF THE NEVA2008

Director: Igor Kalenov

Producers: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Igor Kalenov, Nadezda Grishina

Cinematographers: Valery Martynov, Andrey Vorobiev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing, VFX-supervising, action director, action editor

MORPHINE2008

Director: Aleksey Balabanov

Producers: Sergey Selyanov

Cinematographer: Aleskandr Simonov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 15

 

MERMAID2007

Director: Anna Melikyan

Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Bohdan Graczyk

Cinematographer: Oleg Kirichenko

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising

MUSKETEERS OF EKATERINA2007

Director: Aleksey Karelin

Producers: Vladimir Dostal, Evgeny Grigoriev

Cinematographer: Valery Mahnev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising

NIRVANA2007

Director: Igor Voloshin

Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Irina Pavlova

Cinematographer: Dmitry Yashonkov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-producing

Number of shots: ~ 200

18-142007

Director: Andres Puustusmaa

Producers: Aleksandr Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Natalia Gorina

Cinematographer: Yury Raysky

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 30

ALEKSANDRA2007

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Producer: Andrey Sigle

Cinematographer: Aleksandr Burov

Production: Russia, France

Our work: VFX-production, consultant

MONGOL: THE RISE OF GENGHIS KHAN2007

Director: Sergey Bodrov

Producers: Stefan Arndt, Bob Berney, Sergey Bodrov

Cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers, Sergey Trofimov, Rafik Galeev

Production: Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 50

DAY WATCH2006

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Producers: Varya Avdyushko, Konstantin Ernst, Aleksey Kublitsky, Anatoly Maksimov, Leonid Petrov, Aleksey Borisov

Cinematographer: Sergey Trofimov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 30

TWILIGHT2006

Director: Artem Antonov

Producers: Benny Drechsel, Igor Kalenov, Aleksandr Rodniansky, Karsten Stöter, Evgeny Grigoriev

Cinematographer: Andrey Vorobev

Production: Russia, Germany

Our work: VFX-supervising

KHOTTABYCH2006

Director: Petr Tochilin

Producers: Konstantin Buslov, Sergey Dolgoshein, Sergey Selianov

Cinematographer: Maksim Drozdov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

Number of shots: ~ 15

GOLDEN JELLYIFISH2005

Director: Stanislav Mareev

Producer: Nikolay Suslov

Cinematographer: Konstantin Goryachev

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-production

THE SUN2005

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Producer: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Marco Mueller, Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio

Cinematographer: Aleksandr Sokurov

Production: Russia, Italy, Switzerland, France

Our work: VFX-supervising

RUSSIAN SPETSNAZ 22004

Director: Stanislav Mareev

Producer: Nikolay Suslov

Cinematographer: Dmitry Kazakov

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising

SPETSNAZ 22003

Director: Andrey Malukov, Vyacheslav Nikiforov

Producers: Konstantin Ernst, Anatoly Maksimov, Nikolay Suslov

Cinematographers: Vladimir Sporyshkov, Kirill Goretsky

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, cameraman

RUSSIAN SPETSNAZ2002

Director: Stanislav Mareev

Producer: Nikolay Suslov

Cinematographers: Kirill Goretsky, Nikolay Gorsky

Production: Russia

Our work: VFX-supervising, cameraman

СПЕЦНАЗ (мини сериал)2001

Режиссер: Андрей Малюков

Продюсеры: Константин Эрнст, Анатолий Максимов, Николай Суслов

Оператор: Владимир Спорышков

Производство: Россия

Наша работа на проекте: VFX-супервайзинг, cameraman