Eduard Bordukov was born in 1979. Graduated from the Mining & Electrical Engineering Faculty of the Moscow State Mining University in 2001. Between 1996 and 2011, he was a professional sportsman (long-distance running), a world-class athlete, a multiple champion and prize winner of Russia, a finalist of the European Championship in 2006. In 2011, he graduated from the two-year film director course of the Artkino film school. He made his feature film debut with «The Pitch» in 2015.