Born in 1974 in the Myski, Kemerovo Region.
Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Tomsk State University (1998), from the director's faculty of the Film Institute VGIK (2005, workshop of V Abdrashitov).
For his first full-length film, "The Hard-Hearted", he received the Grigori Gorin Prize for Best Script and the prize for Best Debut at Kinotavr 2007.
The second film, "Buben-Baraban", has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at Kinotavr 2009, as well as two Silver Leopards at the IFF in Locarno in 2009 (Grand Jury Prize and Best Director).