Dmitry Podnozov graduated from LGITMiK in 1984 (class of Prof. R. Agamirzyan). One of the founders of the theater "Osobnyak" in 1989. A permanent participant in the first directorial experiments of "active trepanation of classics" by Igor Larin - Trofimov and Gaev in "A Dream about a Cherry Orchard", Porfiry Petrovich in "Omrachenie", Pyotr Vosmibratov in "The Forest", a number of characters from "Evenings of Mimic Ballet" (performances that toured both Europe and America). In 1994, in "Osobnyak", the stage history of Mikhail Ugarov's plays began - in the play "The Newspaper "Russkiy Invalid" for July 18" (directed by Alexander Lebedev), D.

Podnozov played Ivan Pavlovich, the main character. The next meeting with Ugarov took place in Vladimir Mikhelson's production "The Fighter" - the play and the performers of the main roles D. Podnozov and N. Eskhi became laureates of the festival "Christmas Parade-1997". In his "very brief course", dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the theater, Leonid Popov wrote: "A small troupe can be proud of an ensemble where the first violin is Dmitry Podnozov, the "jeune-premier" of "Osobnyak", to whom the others tune in".