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Alex Platonov is a creative director and co-founder of Lastik Studio, an animation studio based in Moscow that specializes in advertising animation [1]. He has been active in the creative industry since at least 2017, when the studio was first established [1].
Professional Details
- Current Role: Creative Director at Lastik Studio
- Location: Moscow, with professional connections in the Berlin Metropolitan Area [3]
- Specialization: Animation, particularly 3D/2D animation for advertisements [3]
Creative Work
Platonov has been involved in various creative projects, including:
- Animation work for clients like Zvuk [2]
- YouTube content creation, including animation and video projects [4][6]
- Collaborative studio work with team members across different creative roles [5]
His professional portfolio demonstrates expertise in animation production, creative direction, and multimedia content creation across different platforms and mediums.
Citations
[1] Alex Platonov on LinkedIn
[2] Lastik Studio Instagram Reel
[3] Alex Platonov on LinkedIn
[4] Alex Platonov’s YouTube Channel
[5] Lastik Studio Instagram
[6] Merl1ngm YouTube Channel
[7] YouTube Video
[8] VK Video
Bio
Studied journalism at MGU and film direction and documentary theater at Marina Razhbezhkina Studio at Moscow Film School. My passion for photography made me quit the TV job, I went to the Moscow Academy of Photography and learned to work with studio light and started a career as a glossy magazine photographer. After some years, I started shooting video and slowly moved away from commercial photo shootings to making documentary video. At that time, I started to earn money for living by motion computer graphics with a team of friends, so I don’t have a necessity to seek for video-making jobs. I felt an obstacle to developing my vision as a documentary filmmaker and went to the School of Documentary Film & Theatre in Moscow. It was a year-long mind-blowing adventure, which totally changed my approach to camera and editing. I made two films during that period, which are totally different from what I made before, and I feel myself on the beginning of a new path. One of them, “Ostrov”, was made together with Agnia, with whom we plan to work together on this film. Also, at the end of 2015, I made a web documentary project, combining in a single online narration videos, texts, and photos from a personal deep immersion into rural Russia. (Self-bio for documentary festival in Berlin).
> Alex Platonov—“I'm afraid of my country, especially the provinces... I was uncomfortable, anxious, I was not happy there, but I can not go...”
Selected Works
| Year | Title | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ostrov (film) | Co-Director / Camera | Saint Petersburg |
| 2015 | Vologda Notes (multimedia) | Director / Camera | Vologodskaya Oblast |
| 2015 | Skukoten’ | Director / Camera | Moscovskaya Oblast |
| 2014 | Raph on Top of the World | Director / Camera | Dubai |
| 2013 | Maxim’s Mother | Director / Camera | Moscow |
| 2012 | Borya | Director / Camera | Moscow |
Alexei and his father among the students, “The Island” show, Khokhlovsky Pereulok, Moscow, 2015
Photo: Andrei Gurotesuku / Indexmod
Dima and Andrei Kaban, “Vologda Notes”, 2015
Photo: Alex Platonov / Sygma
