Irina Evteeva was born on March 14, 1956 in Leningrad.

1980 - graduated from Leningrad’s State Institute of Cinema (cinema department)

1980 - 1981 – worked as an animator’s assistant at Leningrad studio of popular science and training films

1989 - completed the postgraduate course in the Leningrad’s State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema

1981 - 1990 - gave lectures at cinematography and photo art department of Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts

since 1990 - a movie director at Lenfilm studio

1993 - senior researcher of Russian institute of Art History

Irina Evteeva is the author of films made in a unique mixed animation and action technology.

She’s a Laureate of Russian Motion Picture Academy award “Golden Eagle” (2010, for the “Little Tragedies”), nominee for “Nika” (2004, for the movie “Petersburg”). She’s a participant and a prizewinner of prestigious international film forums: Silver lion of St. Marc at the Venice international film forum (“The Clown”), prize of the international film forum “Arsenal”, Riga (“The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous”) , first prize of the international film festival “Drama”, Greece (“Elixir”). Second prize of the first Worldwide internet festival of short films, Tokyo, Japan (“Everlasting Variations. Demon. Theseus. Faust”)

• 2019 — The Melody of String Tree
• 2015 — Arventur | Netpac Jury Prize MIFF 2015 | Special Jury Prize “Silver George” MIFF 2015 | Special mention Russian Film Critics MIFF 2015
• 2009 — Little Tragedies | best direcror of Russian FF “Literature and Cinema” in Gatchina 2010; Kinotavr 2010, Kinoshock 2010, Festival du Cinéma Russe à Honfleur 2010; VOICES 2011
• 2006 — Eternal Variations. Theseus. Faust| Second prize of the first Worldwide internet festival of short films, Tokyo
• 2004 — Demon | Rotterdam IFF/Short! 2005; Tous les Cinemas du Monde of the Russian Day in Cannes 2006
• 2003 — Petersburg | Moscow IFF 2003
• 2002 — Clown | Silver Lion at the 59th Venice IFF, Kinoshock 2002, VOICES 2011
• 1995 — Elixir | first prize of the Drama IFF, Greece
• 1991 — Horse, Violin and a Little Bit Nervous | prize of The Riga IFF “Arsenals”
• 1984 — Black Hole
• 1980 — Pied Piper