Born in 1957 in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Alexander Kouznetsov is a photographer and director. He has published in numerous magazines and his photographic work has been exhibited in Russia, but also in Norway, France, the United States and Germany. In 2010, he made his first documentary, "Territory of Love", presented in France at the Estates General of Documentary Film in Lussas, at the Russian Film Festival in Honfleur and at the Artdocfest Festival in Moscow (Russia). Continuing his exploration of the Siberian territory, he produced in 2014, "Territory of freedom". Through this second documentary, he invites us to share another of his passions: the mountains. In fact, a confirmed and rewarded mountaineer, he has participated in three climbs of Everest.