Aleksei Vakhrushev was born in Anadyr (Chukotka) in 1969. He was graduated from All Russian Cinematography Institute, where he studied Direction, in 1996. One of his works, The Tundra Book (2011), was recipient of the prestigious NIKE award of the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for “Best Documentary of the Year” and was screened at numerous festivals around the world, including Hot Docs, Vision du Reel, the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards, and more.
Aleksei has been a member of the Russian Academy of Science’s since the early 2000s.
Ever since 2009, Aleksei has been at the helm of his own production company, High Latitudes, Ltd., which continues to focus on the indigenous peoples of the North.