Ilya Naishuller is a film director, actor, producer, screenwriter and the frontman of indie rock band Biting Elbows, founded in 2008. From 8 to 14 he studied in London, and later graduated from the British International School in Yasenevo. Naishuller dropped out of the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, then entered university in New York, but did not graduate. In March 2013, Ilya directed the Biting Elbows' "Bad Motherfucker" YouTube video with over 45 million views.
In 2015, Naishuller wrote and directed the action movie "Hardcore Henry" with Shalto Copley, Hayley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Dariya Charusha and Svetlana Ustinova; and also produced and co-directed the TV series "Barvikha." He shot a video for The Weeknd's "False Alarm" in 2016, a video for the group "Kolshchik" in 2017, and recently directed the hit action-comedy "Nobody" starring Bob Odenkirk in 2021. Naishuller married actress Dariya Charusha in the summer of 2010.
Heads of State(2025)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl(2024)
Danila Poperechniy: FUN/LIFE(2023)
Karamora(2022)
Biting Elbows: Boy Is Dead(2021)
The Marathon of Desires(2020)
The Weeknd: False Alarm(2016)
Hardcore Henry(2015)
Payday 2(2013)
Knighthood and Decoy(2012)
Molodoy chelovek(2022)as Bank manager
Soldaut(2021)as Interviewer
The Execution(2021)as Suspect
Nobody(2021)as Hitman Anatoly
Centaur(2023)
Serj Tankian - Elasticity(2021)
Leningrad: Zoloto(2018)
Deet 'n Bax Save Th World(2015)
Biting Elbows: The Stampede(2011)
Biting Elbows: Bad Motherfucker(2013)
Captivity(2007)
Reaching Out to Mama(2011)
Trinity Sunday(2019)
Collider Behind the Scenes(2025)as Self
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews(2017)as Self - Guest
Film Threat(2006)as Self
