Born in Tiksi Russia on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev wanted to grow up to be a professional ice hockey player Discovering his passion for cinematography in the solitude of Russian Arctic he studied documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow In his personal work he often discovering and capturing the remote worlds and people who inhabit them He is a director and cinematographer known for The Hunters 2014 Genesis 20 2018