---
name: "Volodymyr Nikulin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/volodymyr-nikulin"
fi1m_id: "volodymyr-nikulin"
tmdb_id: 4590151
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:17:20.573883+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Volodymyr Nikulin

## Identity

Volodymyr Nikulin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/volodymyr-nikulin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** volodymyr-nikulin
- **TMDB ID:** 4590151
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4590151

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4590151

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*20 Days in Mariupol*](https://film.one/film/20-days-in-mariupol.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Volodymyr Nikulin is a Ukrainian police officer who appears as himself in the documentary *20 Days in Mariupol* (2023). A lieutenant colonel with the National Police of Ukraine, he has served for thirty years, including time in Donetsk and Mariupol.

Nikulin met the Associated Press film crew in Mariupol in March 2022 and helped them document events during the siege. He later smuggled the journalists and their footage out of the city through Russian checkpoints. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, mvs.gov.ua.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *20 Days in Mariupol* (2023), Fi1m 92, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/20-days-in-mariupol.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/volodymyr-nikulin