Nikolai Lebedyev (b.1966) studied journalism at Moscow State University (1991) and screenwriting and filmology at VGIK (1993). He worked as a commentator for Moldavian TV and is the co-author of several detective novels. His interest in criminal issues is reflected in his short film Night's Lodging. Friday(Nochleg. Pyatnitsa, 1991), in the TV series Night Life in the Big International City - Moscow (1994) and the Russian-American TV project Sesame Street (Ulitsa Sezam, 1996). He experimented with the thriller genre in his debut The Serpent´s Spring (Zmyeyinny istochnik, 1997) and in Admirer (Poklonnik, 1999). In the Star (2002) he reverently reconstructs a small episode from a great war.
MFF Karlovy Vary
