Director of fiction and documentary cinema, scriptwriter, producer. Born in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg region, in 1966. Graduated from the Engineering and Economics Faculty of the Ural Polytechnic (1988); from script faculty of the Film Institute VGIK (2000, class of V. Chernykh, L. Kozhinova and Yu. Rogozin). Since 1990 has worked at the Sverdlovsk film studio, since 2005 he is producer and director of the film company “29 February”. Debuted in feature films in 2005 with “First on the Moon”. His works have been awarded prizes at the largest national and international festivals, such as Venice and Rome IFF, IFF Black Nights, and Kinotavr.