Eugene Piskounov

''Eugene Piskounov is a renowned Russian and international print and TV journalist, anchor, broadcaster and producer, also a noted nonfiction film maker, whose documentaries were awarded international prizes in Russia, Europe and Canada was born on December 16th in Moscow, Russia. Both of his parents worked as journalists in Soviet newspapers. Throughout his successful career in broadcasting Eugene Piskounov has interviewed various prominent politicians, actors, musicians, writers, directors and other celebrities, including the presidents of the Russia and the United States. His journalistic assignments took him to various hot spots such as Chechnya where he spent several months reporting on the anti-terror operations in the Caucasus. A seasoned globetrotter, Eugene Piskounov had started his professional career in the Soviet Union, then sharpened it in post-Soviet Russia where he gained fame that brought Eugene Piskounov to the West. For eight years, since 1996, Russia's multimillion TV audiences were seeing America through the eyes of Eugene Piskounov. He was among the journalists who provided first-hand accounts of September 11 attacks carried out by terrorists on the United States in 2001 broadcasting live from the Ground Zero in NYC. For the last five years Eugene Piskounov has been heading as a CEO a television channell "NTV America", the U.S. affiliate of a major international Russian language television network NTV Russia broadcasting worldwide (over a hundred million viewers) including North and South Americas. An alumnus of the prestigious Moscow State University's International Journalism, Eugene Piskounov is an expert in Russian-American relations and Oriental studies. Eugene Piskounov is happily married to the love of his youth and has one child. Eugene Piskounov is a profound collector of music, music equipment and music instruments, and is fond of martial arts, he is a student of a top martial arts master in both the United States and China Li Tai Liang. His linage is a Dai style of Xingyiquan of the Chinese kung-fu.