Born in Moscow in 1961, Sergey Trofimov made his debut in cinema in 1994 with the film The Peshawar Waltz directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Trofimov has shot over 250 commercials and music videos. He returned to feature films shooting two fantasy blockbusters for Timur Bekmambetov, Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006), which topped the Russian box office. He is a specialist in shooting complex scenes. In the film Mongol he worked on the second expedition to China, when all the main crowd and battle scenes were shot for the film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
