Ekaterina Kononenko was born in Moscow and graduated from VGIK with a degree in film and TV directing. Kononenko started her career in the film division at the prestigious Mosfilm Studio.
In 2005, she went on to launch the Russian youth music television channel, o2 TV, where she directed and produced shows. In 2006, Kononenko returned to the film industry as an executive producer for the production company Red Arrow, whose film, "Oxygen," directed by internationally renowned Ivan Viripayev, won a number of international awards. She had the honor of working with Ivan Shapovalov, a well-known and highly controversial music producer of the world famous pop group Tatu.
In 2010, Ekaterina completed the "NYFA" program in film and TV producing in Moscow. The following year, she began working with Ilya Naishuller and in 2013, they produced the music video for Biting Elbows' "Bad Motherf*cker."
Kononenko and Naishuller continued their collaboration with his first feature film, "Hardcore Henry," of which she is one of the producers. In 2014, Ms. Kononenko formed the production company Happy People which produces film and TV series.
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