In 1987 he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography as a camera operator. Since 1987, he has worked as a director of photography at Lenfilm, where he shot the films Gisele’s Mania; The Circus Burned Down, The Clowns Are Gone; Backdoor; The Day of the Beast, and others. He has shot a number of documentary films, including Through the Looking-Glass; The Russians Have Left; Farukh and Diana; Three Days and Never Again; Noah; Genius Loci; Ulyana Lopatkina, or Danc…
