Konstantin Bronzit is a famous animation film director ("lavatory love story" - oscar nominated film). I got a chance to visit him in Saint Petersburg at Melnitsa studio couple days ago. I showed him my thesis film "Unhinged" and received his critique. Oh my god... now I do understand why there are not so many female directors. We had a 2-hour conversation (mostly him talking) and I left his studio suffering cruel mental hit. And I needed 2 days to recover. There is no doubt that the information he gave me is very valuable but there is no definite answer if it effected me in a proper way. Hope so...
Here is his pic: