In 1947-48 he studied at the courses of animators at the Soyuzmulfilm film studio. Since 1948 - an animator, then - a production designer (mainly - on the films of V.D. Degtyarev), since 1957 - a director of puppet films. In 1964-67 he worked together with I.P. Ivanov-Vano. Collaborated with artists A.P. Kuritsyn, F.A. Yarbusova, N.G. Titov, L.I. Zenevich and others.