Ilya Rozhkov is an award-winning director, born and raised in Moscow, and one of the youngest members of the Director's Guild of Russia. He moved to California in 2013 and attended the New York Film Academy.

Rozhkov directed award-winning short films including the Wes-Andersonesque Sabre Dance, starring Greg Louganis as ‘Salvador Dalí.’ His films have been distributed worldwide, featured on NBC and screened at over 50+ festivals winning numerous awards, including "Best Picture" and "Best Director”.

In 2016, he partnered with Academy Award-nominated veteran production studio CTB, along with The Rogue Initiative - a leading entertainment and technology studio driven by multi-award-winning industry veterans, on his debut VR FIlm Agent Emerson.

Ilya has had the honor of being selected to participate in the coveted Oculus Launch Pad VR Bootcamp at the Facebook headquarters and is a recurrent guest panelist at Digital Hollywood.