Ilya Vostrov/The russian artist

Ilya Vostrov is a Russian digital effects artist best known for work on opening sequences of Russian films like "The Black Lightening", "The irony of an event: Continuation", "Turkish Gambit", "Day Watch" and "Night watch".  He often collaborates with Russian director Timur Bekmambetov who created films like "Wanted", both Night and Day Watch and "Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter. Vostrov's work on Night Watch (2004) became highly acclaimed and some of the Russian filmmakers even considered his effects as an innovation for Russian cinematography. Many people including me liked the way he brought the horror of mythology into his opening sequences. He creates the perfect start for the movie making the audience happy to be in the cinema or at home watching this very film.

Here is a clip from the popular Russian Film Night Watch: