Radda Vyacheslavovna Novikova (russian: Радда Вячеславовна Новикова) is a Russian film and television director (born on 25 October 1974). Novikova is well known for directing comedy television series ''

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Life and career

Radda Novikova received her directing education in Moscow - in 1994 she graduated from the directing department of the

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

. In 2003 she directed the two-part television film ''Story of the Spring Call''. From 2004 to 2006 she was the director of '' Inexplicable, yet a Fact'' (TNT), ''Out of Law'' (Channel One), ''Love Stories'' (for Channel One), ''Price of Love'', ''Affair'' (for TNT). In 2011 Novikova joined the directing team of the fourth season of medical sitcom ''

''. The long-running series starred

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as the cynical chief of staff. Radda Novikova started working on the sitcom television series ''

'' starring

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in 2012. In 2018 she directed comedic police procedural TV series '' Cop'' starring Kirill Zaytsev. The series was about an American police officer who comes to Russia to work. In 2019 Novikova directed the short film '' Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019'' - loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. The screenplay was written by Aleksandr Tsypkin. In 2020 Novikova began directing comedy webseries ''Notes of the Helvetia Hotelier'' for Okko. The series has been greenlit for the second season. In 2022 Novikova started directing the second season of ''

'', a police procedural sitcom starring

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. The third season of the series has started shooting and will also be directed by her.

Awards

Radda Novikova's '' Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019'' received Best Music Video award at the

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, and also received Best Short Film and Best Supporting Actor (Konstantin Khabensky) awards at the

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in 2019.

Filmography

TV

*''

'' (2022-present) *''Triada'' (2021) *'' Cop'' (2019) *''Secretary'' (2018) *''

'' (2013) *''

'' (2011-2013) *''The Xe Men'' (2011)

Webseries

*''Notes of the Helvetia Hotelier'' (2020-present)

Feature films

*''Story of the Spring Call'' (2003)

Short films

*''Moscow Slide'' (2021) *'' Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019'' (2019)

References

External links

*{{IMDb name, id=3146998 Russian film directors 1974 births Mass media people from Moscow Living people Russian women film directors