Roman Volobuev

Born and raised in Moscow, Volobuev briefly worked as an investigative reporter at Obshaya Gazeta[1] before starting to write film reviews for Izvestia, Vedomosti and Iskusstvo Kino and in 2004 became a film section editor at Afisha.[2] He also served as founding editor-in-chief of the short-lived Russian edition of Empire film magazine in 2007[3] and as deputy editor of GQ Russia in 2012.[4]  

Volobuev’s debut feature film The Cold Front (2016) a chamber mystery drama shot in Normandy was met with mostly lukewarm reviews[5] and failed at the Russian box-office. His second film a satirical action comedy Blokbaster (2017) fared much better with critics[6] and received the Special Jury Prize at Kinotarv film festival,[7] but was disowned by director after a public spat with producers over the final cut.[8] He eventually found a mainstream success with the black political comedy TV series The Last Minister and a 4-part mini-series about Moscow media industry Just Imagine Things We Know both released in 2020. Volobuev also co-wrote a post-apocalyptic drama series Survivors (2020) and appeared as an actor in Valeriya Gai Germanika’s Brief Guide To A Happy Life (2011), Boris Klebnikov’s Hot and Bothered (2015) and Konstantin Bogomolov’s A Good Man (2020).

Source: KinoPoisk[9]

• 500 фильмов изменивших мир (500 films that changed the word). 2006, Afisha Industries. 432 pages. ISBN 5-91151-001-4.

• Roman Volobuev at IMDb
• Roman Volobuev at Mubi
• Roman Volobuev at KinoPoisk