Natalya Merkulova
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1979
- Place of birth
- Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, USSR (Russia)
Biography
Natalya Fyodorovna Merkulova (Russian: Ната́лья Фёдоровна Мерку́лова; born 19 September, 1979; Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast) is a Russian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and creator. Since 2013, she has been working in duo with her husband filmmaker Alexey Chupov (b. 1973).
She is most famous for "Intimate Parts" (2013, codirected with Aleksey Chupov) that was a part of Kinotavr Film Festival and won an award for the best debut, and "The Man Who Surprised Everyone" (2018, codirected with Aleksey Chupov) that was a members for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section of 75th Venice International Film Festival. Her 2021 film "Captain Volkonogov Escaped" (codirected with Aleksey Chupov) was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
Movies directed by Natalya Merkulova
- Captain Volkonogov Escaped 2023 · ★ 6.7
- About Love. Adults Only 2017 · ★ 5.5
- Intimate Parts 2013 · ★ 4.4
- The Man Who Surprised Everyone 2018 · ★ 5.7
- Yana+Yanko 2017 · ★ 2.9
- Very Feminine Stories 2020 · ★ 2.3
- Daughter 2009
- Rodchenko's Stairs 2015
- Substance: Milk 2012
- Traumatism 2008
- Substance: Jam 2012
- Sisters 2016