Eldar Karkhalev was born in Astrakhan, Russia in 1978.
Graduated from:
Astrakhan Art College,
Saint-Petersburg Foundation for Culture and Art The PRO ARTE Institute,
program “New Technologies in Contemporary Art”,
Alexander Kondratev's private art studio (St. Petersburg).
Since 1999, Eldar has been working as a set decorator, a set designer and a production designer for films and advertisements.
Lives in Rennes, France.
Film work:
«Hodja Nasreddin» 2024 (in production)
Director — Timur Bekmambetov
«Year of birth» 2023
Director — Mikhail Mestetsky
«The Rage» 2023
Director — Dmitriy Dyachenko
«Devyataev» 2021
Director — Timur Bekmambetov
Moscow International Film Festival
«Lost in Russia» 2020 — Art Director: Russian crew
Director — Xu Zheng
Production designer — Ang Gao
«Catherine the Great» 2019 — Art Director: Russian crew
Director — Philipp Martin
Production designer — Tom Burton
Golden Globe Awards
«Dau» 2019 — Guest Artist
Director —Ilya Khrzhanovskiy
Russian Guild of Film Critics
«Call DiCaprio!» 2018
Director — Zhora Kryzhovnikov
Russian Guild of Film Critics. Winner: Youth Critics Award
APKIT Awards. Winner: Best Television Mini-Series
«Matilda» 2017 — Concept Designer
Director — Alexei Uchitel
Hamburg Film Festival
«The Very Best Day» 2015
Director — Zhora Kryzhovnikov
«Rag Union» 2015
Director — Mikhail Mestetsky
Berlin International Film Festival
«Under Electric Clouds» 2015 (together with E. Okopnaya)
Director — Alexei German jr
Berlin International Film Festival. Winner: Outstanding Artistic Contribution
«Bite The Dust» 2013
Director — Taisiya Igumentseva
Cannes Film Festival
«From Tokyo» 2011 (short)
Director — Alexei German jr
«The Edge» 2010 — Set Designer
Director — Alexei Uchitel
Golden Globe Awards
«The Golden Mean» 2010
Director — Sergey Debizhev
«Paper Soldier» 2008 (together with S.Kokovkin and S. Rakutov)
Director — Alexei German jr
Venice Film Festival. 4 wins including: Best Director
«Day Watch» 2006 — Assistant Production Designer
Director — Timur Bekmambetov
Production designer — Valery Viktorov
Berlin International Film Festival
Own projects:
"Dragon" 2018
"What is my movie" 2018
"Alone with a Shop Window" 2014 "The theory of computer vision" 2013 "Good Script" 2009
"Shooting scheme" 2006
"Stamps" 2003
"WAPicon" 2001
"Screensaver" 2001
Exhibitions and festivals:
Antimuseum project. 2016 (Electromuseum. Moscow)
The theory of computer vision. 2015 (Showcase of the district library. St.Petersburg) Inventing Everyday Life. Street. 2014 (Showcase of the district library. St. Petersburg) Taboo. 2013 (Arts Square Gallery. St. Petersburg)
It is prohibited. 2012 (Apartment exhibition. St. Petersburg)
ShVa. 2006 (Borey Art Center. St. Petersburg)
MACHINISTA. 2003 (Perm Region Palace of Youth. Perm)
Read_me 1.2. 2002 (Dom Cultural Center. Moscow)
Transmediale 02. 2002 (House of the World's Cultures. Berlin)
Davaj! 2002. (Postfuhramt. Berlin)
Microfest 01 Pro. 2001. (The Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg)
Mediaprivet. 2001. (Marble Palace. Saint Petersburg)
