
Maxim Arbugaev
Directing
- Born
- August 3, 1991 (age 35) · Tiksi, Russia
Born in Tiksi, Russia, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean. Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev wanted to grow up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering his passion for cinematography in the solitude of Russian Arctic, he studied documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In his personal work he often discovering and capturing the remote worlds and people who inhabit them. He is a director and cinematographer known for The Hunters (2014), Genesis 2.0 (2018).
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2026Chuuraa Director of Photography
- 2025City of the Sun. Leonidov Camera Operator
- 2025This Summer Will End Director of Photography, Director
- 2024Haulout Director, Director of Photography, Writer
- 2020Life is a Thrill Camera Operator
- 2019Voy Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
- 2019The Great Northern Way Director of Photography
- 2018Terra Producer
- 2018Genesis 2.0 Director








