was born in Perm. He graduated from Perm State University and VGIK. He started his professional carrier at Perm television studio. During many years, he collaborated as an author and director with various Film Studios and TV companies, took part in creation of over 60 films, as well as in a number of international projects. Between 2001-2006, he was the editor-in-chief of Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films (RCSDF). From 2002, he is a teacher at the documentary film directing class at VGIK.

Selected filmography: Skvorets (The Starling), 2001; The Courier of Words, 2002; General’s captivity, 2002; Maya Plisetskaya, 2003; The Last Jew, 2003; Let There Be Light!, 2003; By The Walls Of Moscow, 2004; All our life is Sots Art, 2004; The Banks of Rhine, 2005; New Year Will Come Soon, 2006; Unnatural Selection, 2006; We Shall Build Our New Myth…, 2007; Contemporaries, 2007; Composing Space, 2008; Hubert in The Wonderland, 2009; Modifiers of Time and Place, 2010; On the Alleys of Central Park, 2011; Evakuatsionnyy roman (Evacuation romance), 2011; Menu of 1945, 2012; Writer «P». A Trial of Identification, 2013; The Vicissitudes of Translation, 2014; Throught the haze…, 2014; Ask Us to Tell It, 2015.