MikhailTerekhov

Video engineer for LED, projection, media art and live show control.

I build the technical side of a show so the creative side lands on cue. That means media servers, timecode, OSC automation, signal routing and data-driven graphics, all running live at events and esports broadcasts.

Based in Cyprus
PIXERA Certified Operator
Russian and English

PGMOpener · FPG CS 2025

Where technical and creative production meet

Video engineer in the Kolla Team at Exness, Cyprus. Before that, visual systems and show control for Tier-1 esports tournaments at FISSURE in Belgrade, plus several years of AV broadcast engineering and studio directing in Saint Petersburg.

Tools

Media serversPIXERA, Disguise Designer, Resolume Arena
Show controlBitfocus Companion (OSC, API), timecode
BroadcastvMix, Blackmagic ATEM, CasparCG, Barco E2
LED processingCOEX, NovaLCT
Real-time and 3DUnreal Engine 5, TouchDesigner, Houdini FX (Karma), Blender
UI and codeRive, Lua, Python, HTML/CSS/JS, Cursor

Skills

Show control
Show-script writing
AV signal routing
Signal-flow design
Hardware and software setup
Data-driven graphics
UI and web design
Team management
Budgeting
Camera-flow directing
Tempo and rhythm

Education

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Culture, 2020–2024

Studio direction for film, photo and video

Languages

Russian (native), English (professional working)

Five years from rental floor to arena stage

Mar 2026 – now

Video Engineer Current

Exness · Kolla Team

Cyprus
Aug 2024 – Nov 2025
Visual Systems Operator & Show Control Engineer

FISSURE
- Technical support for the Fissure Playground tournaments, keeping show control and media sync running without a hitch
- Ran the LED-screen workflow in PIXERA, with timecode and Bitfocus Companion OSC commands driving light, sound and visuals
- Wrote scripts for dynamic content: in-game HUD and data-driven graphics
- Worked with technical, design and marketing teams and with external contractors
- Diagnosed and optimised AV systems for high-quality production
Belgrade, Serbia
Sept 2021 – Aug 2024
AV Broadcast Engineer

Freelance
- Designed and built AV signal-routing schemes for live events and broadcasts
- Worked with professional video and audio equipment, including ATEM control systems and broadcast software
- Kept video and audio quality high and systems stable across projects
Saint Petersburg
May 2024 – Aug 2024
Studio Broadcast Director & AV Engineer

Business Stream
- Designed and built AV signal routing for studio broadcasts
- Ran live production in vMix: camera signals and audio configuration
Saint Petersburg
Aug 2021 – May 2024
Rental Manager

RENTALL
- Film equipment rental: Blackmagic, ARRI and RED cameras and a wide range of lenses
- Maintained equipment and supported clients
- Coordinated inventory and scheduling for client projects
Saint Petersburg

PIXERA Certified Operator

Professional operation of PIXERA media-server systems: setup, configuration, media handling and live operation workflows for complex real-time visual setups.

Issuer: PIXERA Campus
Place: Wallern, Austria
Date: June 2026

PIXERA Certified Operator certificate issued to Mikhail Terekhov, June 2026

Selected work

Pyramid of water tanks lit in blocks of colour at dusk

Light installation, DMX, 2026

Water-tank pyramid

A stepped pyramid of IBC water tanks lit from inside with DMX LED bars. A TouchDesigner patch on POP operators drives it, and fixtures are patched with my own GDTF parser.

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Tier-1 esports, 2024–2025

Tier-1 esports tournament shows

Visual systems and show control for Counter-Strike and Dota 2 tournaments with FISSURE and BB Dacha: a rebuilt signal chain, one-button show sync and live-data graphics.

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Let's talk about your next show

[email protected]

Telegram@terejjov
Instagram@mijjaello
GitHubmijjaello-code
Based inCyprus

← All cases Tier-1 esports, 2024–2025

Tier-1 esports tournament shows

FISSURE Playground and BB Dacha · Counter-Strike and Dota 2

Role: Visual Systems Operator & Show Control Engineer
Client: FISSURE
Years: 2024–2025
Stack: PIXERA + Lua · Barco E2 Gen 2 · OBS workstations · Bitfocus Companion

Overview

Arena shows for Tier-1 Counter-Strike and Dota 2 tournaments. Over one season I rebuilt the screen signal chain, put light, sound, video and effects on one sync system, and moved the on-screen graphics from pre-made files to live data.

What I did

FPG Dota. Built a new video signal chain for the screens from scratch, using lessons from BB Dacha, and introduced one sync system for light, sound and screens.
FPG CS. Built a title controller together with teammate Alexander. It drives the Map Veto and Next Map scenes: pick two teams and the scene is ready with team logos, picked maps, CT sides, map score and best map.
One-button show. A single playback operator ran the scene sequence. Each press sent the right commands to the lighting desk, the media server and sound, so desync and human error dropped to a minimum.
Scripting. Wrote a large set of Lua scripts for PIXERA and ran the HUD to the screens from OBS workstations.

30 → 1minutes to build the Map Veto scene. Veto data arrives about 30 minutes before the match, and the controller assembles the scene in one minute.

1operator runs the whole show sequence. Light, media server and sound follow from one playback button.

0extra hardware for web-source versions of the veto scenes, which saved budget.

How it fits together

Signal and control

TriggerPlayback operatorOne button per show step

ControlBitfocus CompanionCommands to every department

OutputsPIXERA + Lua · Barco E2 Gen 2Lighting desk · sound · effects

DataMap veto and match dataTeams, maps, sides, score

GraphicsTitle controller · OBS HUDScenes built from live data

ScreensArena LEDMain screen and side columns

In motion

Show moments

Opener: screen content, beams and pyro on one cue

Map veto: data-driven PICK graphics on the centre screen and side columns

FPG logo hit at the peak of the opener

Stage reveal into the host segment

Gameplay feed on the main screens under moving beams

Output test: FISSURE content with output IDs on the LED

Countdown on the vertical LED columns

Status page at the operator position: outputs, FPS, dropped frames

“Grand final is now” transition

Gallery

From build to grand final

Tournaments

Fissure Playground CS 2025Belgrade Arena
Fissure Playground Dota 20252025
BB Dacha DotaOct 2024
BB Dacha CSAug 2024

Show segments from FPG CS 2025

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← All cases Light installation, DMX, 2026

Water-tank pyramid

DMX Clenled · TouchDesigner, POP operators and a custom GDTF parser

Role: Creative technologist: TouchDesigner patch and DMX
Brief: My manager: structure and reference animation
Year: 2026 · Cyprus
Stack: TouchDesigner (POPs) · own GDTF parser · DMX LED bars

Overview

A stepped pyramid built from IBC water tanks, each one lit from inside by DMX LED bars. My manager set the task and shared an animation of how the structure should look. I turned that reference into a working light patch in TouchDesigner.

What I did

POP patch. Built the patch on TouchDesigner POP operators, with every tank placed in 3D and mapped to its fixtures.
Own GDTF parser. Wrote a GDTF parser for TouchDesigner, so fixtures are patched from their GDTF files instead of by hand.
DMX patch and looks. Patched the DMX output and programmed the looks: full washes, chases by section, and the tetris-style fill from the reference.
Preview first. Checked everything on the 3D model in TouchDesigner before going on site.

Brief, patch, site