Zinaida Pronchenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Pronchenko.

Zinaida Sergeyevna Pronchenko (Russian: Зинаи́да Серге́евна Про́нченко; born September 11, 1981, Leningrad) is a Russian film historian, film critic, and journalist.^[2][3][4] She is the Chief editor of Iskusstvo Kino's site since April 1, 2020.^[5]

Zinaida Pronchenko
Born	Zinaida Sergeyevna Pronchenko (1981-09-11) September 11, 1981 (age 43) Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation	film critic journalist
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Russia
Children	1[1]

Biography

A native of Leningrad, Pronchenko graduated from the Faculty of History and Theory of Arts at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. She studied at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (workshop of Pyotr Todorovsky and Natalya Ryazantseva). She studied comparative art studies at the Higher School of European Cultures at the Russian State University for the Humanities. As a director, she shot several short films. She lived in France for several years.^[6]

Pronchenko is a regular contributor to a number of reputable publications on film and culture.^[7][8]

In March 2022, she signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

In April 2025, she became the editor-in-chief of the online publication Republic.ru.^[10][11]

Bibliography

• Alain Delon (2021) ISBN 978-5-604-27950-2^[12]
• The Protagonist. Biography of Leonardo DiCaprio (2025) ISBN 978-5-04-200473-5^[13]