was born in Leningrad in 1951. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, faculty of Directing, the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors at State Cinema of the USSR. He is the member of the Union of Cinematographers, the member of arts council on the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, the member of advisory council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation on documentary films. He worked at the Leningrad studio of documentary films, the West Siberian Newsreel Studio, the Central studio of documentaries, the central studio of educational films. Since 1993 is the director of “Clio” Studio.
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