Anatoliy Kokush was born in Kerch and dreamt about cinema since childhood. In 1974, upon graduating from Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers, he was assigned to the job of designer on Kiev film studio for feature films named after O. Dovzhenko, where he made it his goal to create a universal compact platform, which would allow the use of any standard film and TV equipment. His first significant product was a superlight screen, 21 meters long, which appeared on the shooting set of the Ukrainian-German film IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE GOD in 1989. Kokush is the founder and owner of the company Filmotekhnik, created in 1990, which carries out scientific and technical developments, production, distribution and maintenance of complex camera equipment for TV and film shooting. In 1991 Filmotekhnik products caused a furor in the New York exhibition. Success came in 1996, when the camera complex "Kaskad" with gyroscopically stabilized camera head called "Flight Head" was chosen for shooting of TITANIC (1997). This Filmotekhnik equipment was also used in shooting of such famous Hollywood films as WAR OF THE WORLDS and CASANOVA (both 2005) and Yimou Zhang's YING XIONG / HERO (2002), several Russian blockbusters, and the Ukrainian film MAMAY (2003). In 2006 Filmotekhnik won two Technical Awards from the American Film Academy, which are the highest and the most prestigious awards in the world of film equipment.  Scientific & Engineering Award 2005: (Academy Plaques) - For the concept and development of the Cascade series of motion picture cranes.  Scientific & Engineering Award 2005: (Academy Plaques) - For the concept and development of the Russian Arm gyro-stabilized camera crane and the Flight Head. (w. Yuriy Popovsky; Oleksiy Zolotarov) 2 Sci-Tech Awards

21m Cascade crane Russian arm in use on Three Kings (1999)