Despite the pandemic taking its toll on so many people around the world, some filmmakers are still active, producing and promoting content to bring much needed entertainment and positivity to their audiences.
Glamgical interviewed one of this filmmakers, Helen Alexis Yonov, a native of Newport, Rhode Island and a resident of Los Angeles. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Film and Creative Writing. Her family came to the US from Latvia, a former Soviet Union country. The daughter of a Navy officer, Helen spend her childhood in different countries, giving her exposure to a variety of people and cultures that shaped her unique perspective as a movie maker.
Helen wrote, directed, and co-produced the short film The Gesture and The Word, a film about poetry, flowers, and love, all of this with a French flair that kindly bestows the story and visuals with a special touch of elegance and romance rarely seen in today’s movies. The film stars James Michael Tyler, Paul Dooley, Roxane Mesquida, Nicole LaLiberte, and Andrew Creer.
Helen is currently working on several projects. One of them is In the Shadow of the Storm, the story about her father, Captain Serge Alexis Yonov, a Navy officer who served as the last U.S. Naval Attaché to the Soviet Union and first Naval Attaché to Russia. The documentary revolves around his naval and political career and the extraordinary experience of searching for his family when he went back to Latvia in 1991, during the turbulent and dangerous collapse of the Soviet Union.
With all of her experience in the movie industry and her travels around the world, Helen Alexis Yonov is a fascinating storyteller dedicated to the fine art of filmmaking who will continue to bring a powerful voice to the scene for many years to come.
