Evgeniy Nikishov

Evgeniy Nikishov was born on Mar 16, 1979 in USSR [now Russia]. Evgeniy Nikishov's big-screen debut came with Vanished Empire directed by Karen Shakhnazarov in 2008.

Evgeniy Nikishov - General Producer of TV-3, Producer, Founder and Managing partner 1-2-3 Production company. Lives and works in Moscow, Russian Federation.2005 to 2009 - Editor-in-Chief, Mosfilm Film Company, as highlight worked on the script of "The Vanished Empire" directed by Karen Shakhnazarov's and later in 2009 won the Best Screenplay Award for this title at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal. 2009 to 2016 - TNT TV Channel, the Deputy Chief Producer. Together with Valeriy Fedorovich was responsible for the production of the drama line-up and comedy series. His line up includes such hit series as "La Dolce Vita", "Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone", "The V.I.P. Cop", and others. Since December 2016 - General Producer of the TV-3 Channel. In 2017 - produced "Gogol", the first 8 episode cinematic series, that was theatrically released wide in 3 parts and collected the record-breaking Box Office in addition to unprecedented international sales results. "Gogol" received numerous local (Russian) and international awards. In 2018 - became one of the heads of 1-2-3 Production company. Produced such feature films as "The Blackout", "Fidelity" (Special Jury Diploma, Sochi Open Russian Film Festival), "The Storm" and series "An Ordinary Woman" (Best Actress Award, Series Mania Festival, France, 2018), "The Dead Lake", "Identification" (Series Mania, Official Selection, 2019), and "The Outbreak" (CanneSeries, 41st Moscow International Film Festival Official Selection, 2019). The upcoming line up includes the much anticipated screen adaptation of the "Metro 2033" bestselling novel and video game IP, "Karamora" premium cinematic series and others. In 2019 together with Valeriy Fedorovich was awarded the TEFI Russian Television Prize in the category "Television Producer of the Season."