Oleg Nekishev was born in Omsk, Siberia, Russia. In the mid-1990s, he worked as a technician for VGTRK – a Russian state-own broadcasting company. At the time, he took an interest in TV journalism. Since then, he has advanced and worked as a vice-chairman and editor in chief of several TV companies. In 2007, Oleg joined RT as the chief editor of a weekly TV documentary programme and advanced to become the head of the RT Arabic TV Programmes Department. Since September 2015, Oleg has been working as an RTD film director. Oleg made about 40 documentaries during this time. He shot films in Syria, and in early March 2022 one of the first came to the Special Military Operation area for documentary filming. Over the past two years, Oleg have shot and edited more than 10 films made in the SMO area, most notably «Poets on the Frontline», «Theatre of War», «Vostok Battalion Brotherhood» and «Frontline Diary of an American Officer».