Michael Lockshin (Russian: Михаил Арнольдович Локшин; born 1981) is a film director and writer.

[1] Lockshin graduated with a MA degree in psychology from Moscow State University.

[2] After graduation, Lockshin moved to London, where he began directing commercials and music videos.

[12][13] Lockshin's debut feature film, Silver Skates, shot in 2019, was released theatrically Christmas 2020 in Russia to high acclaim.

[23] The movie received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and audiences,[24][25] but was targeted by nationalist activists, propagandists, and government officials, including Vladimir Solovyev, Margarita Simonyan, Zakhar Prilepin, and Tigran Keosayan who complained about the director's views on the war in Ukraine, the film's anti-regime stance, and the fact that the Ministry of Culture had provided funding for a critical film, even though it was before Russia's full-scale invastion into Ukraine.