Biography:
Natasha Nikitina was Born in Moscow.
She graduated from the Theater and Art School in 1972.
Worked at the Gorky film studio as an artist of combined shots (That is how matte shots are names on Russian films) from 1972 to 1986.
She moved to Oslo, Norway where she continued to word as miniatures and matte painting artist for more than 20 years.
Natasha Nikitina painting on glass for the film “The Polar Bear King”
Nikitina worked on the foreground miniature ships used for the film Yunost “Petra” (1979-80)
Foreground miniature made for the Norwegian TV series “Fortuna” (1993)
For more information and samples of her work visit this link:
http://alves415.narod.ru/pr-nata.html
Filmography:
2001 – Aria (visual effects)
1999 – Snails (Short) (set designer)
1997 – Far, Far Away (director, screenplay, set designs, backgrounds)
1996 – Urtidsbilder (animation)
1995 – Edvard. in bronze (set design)
1994 -Ippolita. the little amazon (set design )
1993- Edward. the naked truth (set design, visual effects)
1993 – Edvard. longing Unbearable Lightness (set design, visual effects)
1993 – Fiskeboller (set design)
1993 – Fortuna (TV series) ( Visual effects)
1992 – Edvard (director, set design)
1992 – Giftige løgner (special effects)
1992 – Det perfekte mord (visual effects)
1991 – Gagarin – en romfartsopera (TV Movie) (special effects – as Natasja N.Nikitina)
1991 – The polar bear King ( Matte painting)
1990 – Smykketyven (1990) jewelry thief ( special effects)
1990 – Herman ( miniatures)
1990 . Landstrykere / the vagrants ( miniatures)
1898 – De hvite bussene /The white buses (Miniatures)
1985 – I na kamnyakh rastut derevya (special effects)
1983 – Semero soldatikov / seven Soldiers ( special effects)
1982 – Vozvrashchenie rezidenta /Return of the resident ( combined shooting)
1982 – Ne mogu skazat proshchay / I can´t say goodbye (special effects)
1979- 80 – Yunost Petra /The youth of Peter the Great ( special effects)
1978 – Ischeznovenie (special effects assistant)
1974 – Moskva-Kassiopeya (special effects assistant)