was born on January 16, in 1956 in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region). Graduated from the Rybinsk Avia Technical Institute. 1981-1987 – VGIK Camera department. Since 1987, he is Saint Petersburg resident. Being the director of photography of a film studio "Lenfilm" he has released a number of pictures at the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. He also worked as director and scriptwriter of documentary and animated films.

Selected Filmography: Waiting Room, 1992; Giselle Mania, 1995; The Circus Burnt Down, but the Clowns Lef», 1998; Smart One, 1999; Genius Loci, 2003; Uliana Lopatkina, or Dancing on Weekdays and Holidays, 2006; Petersburg’s Dolls, 2011; Sirin, 2014.