Hi! My name is Igor Popeliukh. I’m a film director and dp based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

I was born and raised in the heart of Siberia, a place that shaped my vision and way of seeing the world.I never went to film school, instead I learned filmmaking through the lens of snowboarding and skateboarding culture. Like many filmmakers who started by capturing their friends and chasing movement, I discovered storytelling through motion and instinct. One of my biggest inspirations is Academy Award–winning director Spike Jonze.

Shooting and producing my own snowboard and cycling documentaries gave me both technical precision and an eye for authentic emotion later I brought into my commercial work. 

available worldwide.

Represented by Catalyzm
Agents: Tamara Likok / Irina Pavlova
e-mail: info@catalyzm.com / catalyzminfo@gmail.com / pavlova-all@yandex.ru
Telegram / WhatsApp: +447980568141 / +7 916 685-10-87

contact.
popeliukh@gmail.com

Recognition:

Disposable Roots (2025) | Short Doc - Director

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Bowery Film Festival

BEST EDITING - Westminster Film Festival

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Hollywood Gold Awards

Honorable Mention - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival

Nominee - Big Apple Film Festival

Official Selection - Florence Film Awards

Official Selection - MADRIFF Madrid Indie Film Festival 

a Ballad from Peninsula (2022) | Short Doc - Director

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - Hollywood Art and Movie Awards

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - T.I.F.A. - Tiet International Film Awards

Nominee - Vesuvius International Filmfest

Official Selection - Laurus Film Festival

Official Selection - Fiff Filmstrip International Film Festival

Official Selection - Kalakari Film Fest

Official Selection - Florence Film Awards

Official Selection - Bucharest Film Awards

Official Selection - Retrospective Of Jupiter

Official Selection - Film Shortage

Adventure Exhibit (2020) Feature Film - Director of Photography

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY  - The International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero"