Awards :
People's Artist of the Ukraine (1998).
Winner of the T.Shevchenko Ukrainian national prize (1968, 1993).
Winner of the A.Dovzhenko Ukrainian state Award (2001).
Born on March 8, 1940 in Kiev. Graduated from the Odessa Art and Theatre College (1959), the department of directing at VGIK (1965, workshop of Yu.Geniki). Since 1965 was a director at the A.Dovzhenko film studio.