Natalie Ryabchikova holds a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. From 2004 to 2008 she was the film reviewer for the daily Russian Internet-newspaper Utro.ru and has worked as a translator and interpreter for the Moscow International Film Festival since 2005. She has written and translated a number of articles on early Russian and Soviet film history for Kinovedcheskie zapiski (Moscow) and Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema.