The Russian Woodpecker (2015)

Film details

Featuring

Fedor Alexandrovich
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

2015
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Documentary about Fedor Alexandrovich's research into the cause of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. The film concentrates on Alexandrovich's belief in a connection between the disaster and a Soviet Cold War-era structure, the Duga over-the-horizon radio antenna, known as the 'Russian Woodpecker'.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - on-screen participant
    
    Fedor Alexandrovich
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Chad Gracia
  - ©
    
    Chad Gracia
  - Production Company
    
    FilmBuff
  - Production Company
    
    Roast Beef Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Gracia Films
  - Production Company
    
    Rattapallax
  - With generous support from the
    
    New York State Council on the Arts
  - Distribution and Sales by
    
    FilmBuff
  - Produced by
    
    Mike Lerner
  - Produced by
    
    Chad Gracia
  - Produced by
    
    Ram Devineni
  - Associate Producer
    
    Marina Orekhova
  - Production Manager - United Kingdom
    
    Janet Knipe
  - Production Manager - Ukraine
    
    Marina Orekhova
  - Production Co-ordinator - United Kingdom
    
    Bilic, Aleks
  - Production Co-ordinator - United Kingdom
    
    Anne Svejgård Lund
  - Post-production Supervisor
    
    David Tamchum
  - Duga Researcher
    
    Marina Orekhova
  - Researcher - Ukraine
    
    Oleksandr Chuikov
  - Researcher - United States
    
    Lorna Lippes
  - Cinematography by
    
    Artem Ryzhykov
  - Additional Photography
    
    Slava Tsvetkov
  - Additional Photography
    
    Lena Yakovitska
  - Additional Photography
    
    Chad Gracia
  - Additional Photography
    
    Dmitry Shovkoplyas
  - Additional Photography
    
    Misha Lubarsky
  - Additional Photography
    
    Ram Devineni
  - Additional Photography
    
    Yuri Gruzinov
  - Additional Photography
    
    Vasyl Nikolaenko
  - Additional Photography
    
    Dmitriy Gromov
  - Drone Photography
    
    Volodymyr Napadovski
  - Drone Photography
    
    Iryna Shurhno
  - Animation
    
    David Ochudzawa
  - Supervising Editor
    
    Alan Berliner
  - Editing by
    
    Devin Tanchum
  - Editing by
    
    Chad Gracia
  - Additional Editing
    
    Artem Ryzhykov
  - Graphic Design
    
    David Ochudzawa
  - Raft of Mirrors Construction
    
    Lazslo Attei
  - Digital Intermediate Colourist
    
    Eliot Milbourn
  - Music Composed by
    
    Katya Mihailova
  - Violin
    
    Galina Zhadnova
  - Cello
    
    Laura Metcalf
  - Piano
    
    Katya Mihailova
  - Music Consultant
    
    John Gideon
  - Sound Design
    
    John Gideon
  - Additional Sound Design
    
    Nick Adams
  - Sound Recording
    
    Andriy Androsiuk
  - Sound Recording
    
    Denys Androsiuk
  - Sound Recording
    
    Aleksandr Kolechkin
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Keith Hodne
  - Sound Mixing
    
    John Gideon
  - Sound Editing
    
    John Gideon
  - Historian
    
    Marina Martynyuk
  - US Publicity
    
    Ryan Werner