Natalia Mechtchaninova

Nataliya Viktorovna Meshchaninova is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and author. As a screenwriter, she won, in 2015 together with Lyubov Mulmenko, the Nika Award for Discovery of the Year. The films she directed were screened on major international festivals, including 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Meshchaninova was born in Krasnodar. She started work on documentaries first.