Mariam Makhieva is a director of documentary and narrative films. She was born in Kabardino-Balkaria, the North Caucasus region of Russia. Based in Saint Petersburg for twelve years. But since Russia started the war, Mariam lived in Istanbul. She has been based in Paris since the end of November 2023.
In her films, Mariam explores the social processes taking place in modern Russia, including in her native region.
Mariam is a seven-time Best Documentary Feature winner.
Her work concentrates on social themes
issues of justice, women’s rights, human rights,
science, and scientific thought.
Mariam believes in science and a
scientific approach and wants to share what is important to her and many others. To
share the magic and beauty of reality, the stories of people, and to feel unity in the
beautiful things that make us human. Humanity, consciousness, and our desire to know
ourselves and the whole world around us are the greatest and most delightful gifts that we
possess, which she wants to capture in her films.
Mariam creates ideas, writes scripts, finds
movie characters, and shoots and edits films herself,
but prefers to make movies with teams. Five
films were shot with several different
production companies.
She has more than 11 documentary works, three of which are
full-length.
Filmography:
Goryankу — documentary film, 2020
screenwriter, director, video editor
Gorky Film Studio
In Subway Together — documentary film, 2017
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
project «Signs of Life» by Radio Liberty
The new HDD of Misha Bo — documentary film, 2017
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
project «Signs of Life» by Radio Liberty
Actress from Serov — documentary film, 2017
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
project «Signs of Life» by Radio Liberty
Neutrinos and Andyrtau — documentary film, 2015
director, screenwriter, video editor
They went dancing — documentary film, 2014
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
Mr. Pejo wandering dolls — documentary film, 2013
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
Nur — experimental feature film, 2013
director, screenwriter, video editor
Rick — documentary film, 2013
director, camera operator, screenwriter, video editor
Alice in abandoned cities — documentary film, 2012
director, screenwriter, video editor
Education:
2017 — Anna Ganshenaya's scriptwriting course
St. Petersburg School of Television
2016 — five-day course on a documentary film
workshop by Marina Razbezhkina
2015 — workshops on the shooting and development of black and white 16 mm film
workshop by director Victor De Las Era
2014, 2016 — a series of workshops
by Alexander Sokurov
2010-2015 — the specialist program of «Directing film and television»
curated by Valery Obogrelov
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
Selected Projects:
2013-2016 — director and camera operator on movies about filming
Babie leto, directed by Dmitriy Svetozarov
Kharms, directed by Ivan Bolotnikov
Proline Film
2013 — PR coordinator
Message to Man International Film Festival
2015 — assistant director and script supervisor
Shadow, directed by Dmitriy Svetozarov
ACDC Film Company
2016 — assistant director for actors, photographer
Vyzhit Lyuboy Tcenoi, directed by Bogdan Drobyazko
3xmedia film company
2018 — assistant director for actors
White Nights, directed by Dmitriy Svetozarov
Proline Film
Director, camera operator and video editor of documentary films
the project Signs of Life by Radio Liberty