[1] He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1978 and worked in the office of Soviet cinema at VGIK in 1980–1983.

[3] He taught history and theory of cinema at VGIK in 1994-1998, was a lecturer at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (since 2005), the Institute of Contemporary Art (since 2008).

A three times winner of the Russian Guild of Film Critics awards.

The first volume, dedicated to the 120th anniversary of world cinema, has been released in December 2015.

At the moment Kudryavtsev collects funds for the publication of the second volume using crowdfunding on Planeta.ru website.