Session areas
- Public speaking
- Speech technique
Professional journey
Biography
From the theatre stage and Moscow television to original documentary film and speech teaching.
Director · writer · teacher
The camera as a way to preserve cultural memory
Victoria Valeryevna Garmashova was born in Moscow. In 1990, she graduated from the Theatre Department of the Voronezh State Institute of Arts as a stage and screen actress. In 2022, she completed a professional VGIK program in developing and delivering a creative project.1
Her television career began in Moscow and continued in Samara, where she made the programs “Family Portrait” and “Without Complexes,” followed by an extensive travel series. Over time, the reporter’s eye evolved into a documentary language.1
Teaching
Public Speaking and Speech Technique
Individual and group sessions for people who want to speak with confidence, clarity, and expression.
Ways to work
- Individual sessions
- Group sessions
Sessions focus on confident, clear, and expressive speech.
Course program and pricingTimeline
A path through the profession
1990
Voronezh State Institute of Arts
Theatre Department; qualified as a stage and screen actress; V. V. Topolaga workshop.
2022
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK)
Professional program “Creative Project: From Concept to Completion” — director, screenwriter, and producer.
Moscow
Theatre and television
Worked in theatre before joining television production teams. In interviews, she recalls the Satirikon Theatre, Vladimir Kasatkin’s theatre, and her work at Ostankino.
Samara
Regional television journalism
Began by working on the programs “Family Portrait” and “Without Complexes,” then focused on travel, culture, and regional stories.
25+ years
Television and documentary film
Created more than 500 regional travel programs before becoming a documentary director and head of the Victoria studio.
Recognition
Awards and festivals
Awards are drawn from professional catalogues and official winners lists. The wording remains as close to the sources as possible.
- Laureate of the Yuri Senkevich National Tourism Award
- Laureate of the TEFI-Samara Regional Television Award
- MediaTour special diplomas for a publication and a series of travel films, 2016
- G! Award in Catalonia for the Salvador Dali series, 2016
- My Planet 2017: Best Professional Travel Video Report for the film about Montserrat
- A Date with Russia, 2020: Chronicle of Russia prize for the film about Ilya Repin
- The Sea Calls!, 2024: Grand Prize in the Native Shores category for the film about Ilya Repin
- Cinema for Children, 2025: diploma for “Dmitri Kabalevsky. Beauty Awakens Goodness”
Professional community
Samara as a point of connection
01
Council member of the Samara Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society
The professional connection is supported by public industry and festival sources.
02
Specialist at the Samara Regional Film Center
The professional connection is supported by public industry and festival sources.
03
Head of the Victoria studio
The professional connection is supported by public industry and festival sources.