Vasili Vikhlaev (1983 Moscow) is a Russian born, German based filmmaker with background in music/sampling, music video and documentary directing and editing. He graduated from ZeLIG School for Documentary in Bolzano, Italy and was part of the Script-Lab (Drehbuchwerkstatt) at the Munich Film Academy.

In his research he uses essayistic methods, music/sound design, found footage and auto-fiction to explore the migrant subjectivity with the focus on hybrid identity, its construction and its aesthetical, as well as political potential.