Elena Jan-Van-Lin was born in 1960 in St-Petersburg, Russia.
She has graduated from the Institute of the Textile and Light Industry as a footwear designer.

She started her career at a Factory making boots to order. Later she came to work at the famous “Dynamo” Factory producing sports goods and footwear.

Since 1999 Elena has been cooperating with the “Len-Film” Studio and other studios producing feature films.

At present Elena Jan-Van-Lin works on her own and makes footwear to orders from different firms and individual customers.
Elena Jan-Van-Lin takes part in Art Exhibitions in St-Petersburg.

In this web site you can see her works made for the following films and plays:

The feature film: “Bremen Musicians” (deputy director A.Abdulov)
The feature film: “The river”(deputy director A.Balabanov)
The feature film: “Peculiarities of the national policy”
The feature film: “It’s hard to be the God “(deputy director Ur.German)
The feature film: “A savage woman” (deputy director A.Meshiev)
The play: “Play in a modern style”(the spectacle staged at the “Baltiyskiy Dom” theatre)
The play: “The village Stepanchikovo and its inhabitants.”

And there are some shoes, which are called “for myself”.