Kirill Razlogov started his career as a teacher on the Higher Screenwriters and Directors Courses and as a translator of all French movies released in the Soviet Union in that period. It was possible thanks to the fact that as a child he spent some time in France together with his father, who was a diplomat. Over time Kirill became one of Russia’s chief experts in cinema history. For seven years he was the program director of MMKF and promoted its development and improvement a lot. From 1989 he headed the Russian Culturology Institute. He has been teaching cinematology disciplines in universities, and hosting author’s telecasts (including Cinema Cult on the Kultura TV channel), and has written a great number of works on art history.